Mango Street #1

What is a literary vignette?

• A short description that may be part of a larger work.

• A picture of a pastry in a book.

• A French pastry.

• The only good way out of a corn maze.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• There isn't a landlord banking on the ceiling.

• The house would have stairs inside like the houses on TV.

• The windows are so small you would think they are holding their breath.

• The way she said it made me feel like nothing.

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Which sentence will probably NOT help readers understand how Esperanza feels about her name?

• It means sadness, it means waiting.

• I wonder if she made the best with what she got.

• At school they say my name funny.

• I would like to baptize myself under a new name.

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Which sentence uses repetition?

• I am the great great grand cousin of the queen of France.

• Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street.

• Cathy has cats and cats and cats.

• Her house is like cat heaven.

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Which of the following does not seem very important to Esperanza?

• Friends

• Family

• Getting a boyfriend

• Being Latina

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Why does the writer compare the experience with the music box to "marimbas...with a funny little plucked sound?"

• She wants to confuse readers.

• This will help readers understand the sound.

• All of the above.

• None of the above.

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What is important to Marin?

• Finding a man to make her life better.

• Moving to Puerto Rico.

• Spending time with her family.

• Working hard at her job.

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What is important to Alicia?

• Making tortillas.

• Having a good career.

• Getting married.

• None of the above.

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How might Esperanza describe her great-grandmother?

• Happily married.

• Educated.

• Trapped.

• Beautiful

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What happened to Louie's other cousin's car?

• Marin crashed it while trying to put on make-up.

• Someone stole it from him.

• He crashed it while trying to escape the police.

• The kids broke the windows by playing with the buttons.

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