House on Mango Street

How was the house on Mango Street different from the other houses the family had lived in?

• It was the largest house they had ever lived in.

• The government was paying for it.

• It was their own house.

• It was the first two-story house they had lived in.

Why does Cathy tell Esperanza she is moving?

• her dad got a new job

• her family thinks the neighborhood is getting bad

• Cathy lost all her cats and needs to find them

• Cathy lost all her cats and needs to find them

Which sentence does NOT describe the house on Mango Street?

• It is large and blue

• There is no front yard.

• There is one bedroom and one bathroom.

• Some of the bricks are crumbling.

The central idea, or insight, about life or human behavior that a story reveals is called...

• plot

• theme

• conflict

Choose the theme topic related to the following quote:

“Those who don’t know any better come into our neighborhood scared.”

• identity: learning about oneself

• racial stereotypes

• friendships

• family relationships

“Alicia...studies for the first time at the University ...because she doesn’t want to spend her whole life in a factory…”

• family relationships

• identity

• racial stereotypes

• hopes and dreams

The different sections of this novel are called...

• chapters

• stories

• vignettes

• narrations

Esperanza got her name from...

• a wild horse

• her mother

• her aunt

• her great grandmother

Esperanza means...

• hope

• the number 9

• wild horse

• waiting by the window

Alicia's story highlights the impact of...

• racial stereotypes

• gender norms

• morning many times

• having a lot of kids