House on Mango Street

The description of the house in paragraph 1 adds to the development of the text mainly by...

• building up to the excitement when the narrator’s family buys and is able to move into this house

• reminding the narrator of everything that the house on Mango Street doesn’t have

• explaining why the narrator puts so much faith in her parents

• pointing out that the narrator is satisfied with her life despite where she lives

What is the theme of the vignette "My Name"?

• Friendship

• Social class

• Identity

• Death

Which of the following best explains Esperanza’s feelings about her great-grandparents’ relationship?

• She hopes to be in a relationship like her great-grandparents one day

• She thinks it was wise of her grandmother to settle down

• She thinks that marrying her great-grandfather kept her great-grandmother from reaching her potential.

• She believes that her great-grandmother was unlucky in love because she was born in the year of the horse

What does the line "women sit their sadness on an elbow" mean?

• Esperanza's grandmother went from being independent to staring out a window her husband forced her into

• Women live most of their lives in physical pain

• Women store their sadness in their elbows to cope with their pain

• Women don't move around much when they're older

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the text?

• The house on Mango Street is the worst house they've ever lived in

• The nun that taught at Esperanza’s school was pleased to hear that Esperanza had moved into the house on Mango Street.

• Most of Esperanza’s classmates lived in big, fancy houses.

• Esperanza has been disappointed by her parents before.

Which of the following conclusions about the narrator is best supported by the excerpt?

• Esperanza does not know why she was given her name.

• Esperanza feels no attachment to her Mexican heritage.

• Esperanza feels like an outcast within her family.

• Esperanza believes that the most important quality for girls and women is obedience.

What do the four skinny trees represent?

• The trees are skinny just like Esperanza

• Hope that Esperanza can power through to a better life

• Esperanza's belief that life will never get better

• Her family is low-income so they're all skinny like the trees

What does the lottery ticket Esperanza's father buys represent?

• That he doesn't want to buy a big house

• How rich the family is

• That the dad doesn't care about his kids

• How unrealistic their dream house is

Choose the correct definition for baptize

• to bless or christen

• a decorative hanging light

• very violent and fierce

• a business that features coin-operated laundry machines

Choose the correct definition for laundromat

• a decorative hanging light

• very violent and fierce

• 
  to receive or be left with (something) from a former owner

• a business that features coin-operated laundry machines