The House on Mango Street Vig. 13-16

True or False
People who come into Esperanza's neighborhood think the residents are dangerous.

• True
• False

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Fat Boy is _____.

• not fat, nor is he a boy
• often found coloring books about food
• happy all the time because he eats Skittles for breakfast
• fond of big T-shirts

Whose kids are "too many and too much" ?

• Cathy, Queen of Cats
• Marin Vargas'
• Esperanza's
• Rose Vargas'

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Make an inference: In the vignette, "There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn't Know What to Do", what happens to Angel Vargas?

• He kills himself by accident when he tries to fly
• He gets his head stuck in between two slats 
• He chips his tooth
• He turns into a donut 

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In the vignette "Alicia Who Sees Mice," which of Alicia's family members has died?

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Why does Alicia get up early to make tortillas?

• If she doesn't her father will beat her
• Her father expects her to since her mother died.
• The local bodega had a break-in, so she makes money selling the tortillas.
• She feeds the cute little mice with her scraps.

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Why does Alicia stay up so late each night?

• She goes dancing every night until 3 AM
• She is an insomniac, so she watches television to improve her English.
• She is too scared of the squeaking mice who scamper in the dark.
• She is studying for her classes at the college across town.

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Alicia is afraid of four-legged fur and ...

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Alicia "is afraid of nothing except four-legged fur. And fathers."  What does "four-legged fur" refer to in the vignette?

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What does the sky represent?

• depression

• beauty

• freedom

• God

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