House on Mango Street Ch 25-36

In the vignette "Sire", which line helps Esperanza prove her own inner strength?

• "I don't remember when I first noticed him looking at me-Sire."
• "Him and his friends sitting on their bikes in front of the house, pitching pennies.  They didn't scare me."
• "I walked fast.  It made your blood freeze to have somebody look at you like that."
• I had to prove to me I wasn't scared of nobody's eyes, not even his."

Vignette:  "Edna's Ruthie"
Ruthie is characterized as 

• crazy
• intelligent
• peaceful
• self-centenred

What does Elenita tell Esperanza that disappoints her?

• She says Esperanza will never move from Mango Street
• She says Esperanza will achieve her American Dream
• She says Esperanza will eventually have a home in the heart
• She says Esperanza will eventually have a home in Mexico all to herself

Why did Esperanza feel close to Aunt Lupe?

• Esperanza is a good swimmer just like Aunt Lupe
• Aunt Lupe favored Esperanza over Nenny and Carlos
• Aunt Lupe listened to Esperanza's poems and gave her advice on her writing
• Aunt Lupe practically raised Esperanza as her own child

Four Skinny Trees, symbolizes what?

• Life in an ugly part of town
• Esperanza's family of six
• Esperanza's strength
•  being tall

Rafaela is "trapped" in her house by her husband. How does she dream she can escape?

• turning her husband into the police
• drinking coconut and papaya juice
• tricking her husband and running out the door
• letting down her hair to climb down like Rapunzel

Why is Minerva's luck so unlucky?

• she has no education and is not very smart
• she has 6 children and is alone without her husband
• her husband beat her and she keeps kicking him out and taking him back
• she is friends with Sally and Marin

Why does Esperanza want to be beautiful and cruel?

• she will be like a man leaving the table without pushing her chair in
• she hates all the people who run off to marry because they are ugly
• she doesn't want to be an abused woman
• she will be powerful and will have her choice of men

Why did Esperanza's mother quit school?

• she got pregnant and had to raise children
• she had to work for her family
• she wasn't a smart cookie
• she didn't have any nice clothes

In the Vignette, "Sally" the reader is able to see how Esperanza has matured and grown her ability to show empathy when talking about Sally.

• True

• False