The House on Mango Street Chapters 20 - 25

What are the girls doing while they talk about hips?

• singing

• jumping rope

• dancing on the sidewalk

• walking in high heels

What do the characters say about hips?

• they are for carrying babies

• they are scientific, when you have babies, you make room for them in your body

• if you don't grow hips, you become a man

• they are for dancing

• they are made for cushioning a fall

At the end of "Hips," Esperanza says that Nenny "is too many light-years away. She is in a world we don't belong to anymore." What does this mean?

• Nenny is lost and Esperanza needs to find her.

• Nenny is still a child while Esperanza and the others are grown up.

• Nenny is confused about who she is while Esperanza now knows who she wants to be.

• Nenny doesn't have any dreams but Esperanza is ready to live her dreams.

In "The First Job," Esperanza goes to work at

• Coca Cola's Pop Can Distributor

• Dumbo Bottle Factory

• Peter Pan Photo Finishers

• the Catholic school

In "The First Job," why doesn't Esperanza sit down?

• She doesn't know if she is allowed to sit

• There are no chairs at her work

• She doesn't want to seem lazy

• Girls laughed at her for siting

What happens to Esperanza in the coatroom of the store?

• She falls and ruins her dress.

• A customer cusses her out for losing their coat.

• She cries because she feels lonely.

• An older man kisses her on the mouth.

Why does Papa wake up tired in the dark?

• He has to go to work.

• His father died.

• His mother died.

• He has to sweep the floor.

Esperanza is surprised to see her father _________.

• Cry

• Laugh

• Dance

• Shout

In the vignette, Born Bad, what is wrong with Aunt Lupe?

• She has a disease

• She is in Mexico and can't return to Chicago

• Her son died

• She has mice in her house

What was Aunt Lucy really good at?

• Running

• Double Dutch

• Skating

• Swimming