Grammar and Mango Street

Which of the following characters do not live with Esperanza?

• Mama and papa

• Nenny

• Carlos and Kiki

• All of these characters live with Esperanza

What evidence does not support Esperanza’s feelings towards her mother?

• “Holding you a feeling safe”

• “Warm smell of bread before you bake it”

• “Everyone in my family has different hair”

• “Like little candy circles all curly and pretty”

How does the narrator feel about her sister?

• She “did not choose her”

• “Nenny is her best friend”

• Esperanza “looks up to her”

• They “fight all the time”

True (A) or False (B): Esperanza believes that “boys and girls live in separate worlds.”

• True

• False

Which of the following does not describe Cathy?

• She is Esperanza’s neighbor

• She enjoys Rachel and Lucy’s company

• She owns a lot of cats

• She and her family are going to move soon

Why is Cathy moving?

• Because Mango Street is getting “bad”

• They are going to New York City

• Her mother got a new job

• None of the above

What does Esperanza buy for five dollars?

• A jacket

• A white cat

• Part ownership of a bicycle

• A music box

In Laughter what does the house mentioned in this chapter remind Esperanza of?

• Puerto Rico

• New York City

• Her Mother

• Mexico

Why is Cathy's family leaving Mango Street?

• Her dad is getting a transfer

• She is moving in with her grandmother

• The neighborhood is getting bad

• They can't afford living there anymore

Where are Lucy and Rachel originally from?

• Texas
• Puerto Rico
• Florida 
• Chicago