The House On Mango Street 1-3

How does Esperanza feel about the house on Mango Street?

• Relieved

• Ashamed

• Content

• Melancholy

Choose the best textual evidence to support your answer.

• 1. Out back is a small garage for the car we don't own yet and a small yard that looks smaller between the two buildings on either side.

• 1. You live there' There. I had to look to where she pointed-the third Hoor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out. You live there??

• 1. This was the house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed.

• 1. We had to leave the flat on Loomis quick. The water ........ and the landlord wouldn't fix them because everything was too old.

What inference can be made about Esperanza and her family based on Vignette #1 “The House on Mango Street”?

• Esperanza’s family likes to travel

• Esperanza’s family is indecisive

• Esperanza’s family lack financial stability

• Esperanza’ family will make House on Mango street their permanent home

In the vignette “Hairs” how does Esperanza feel about her mothers hair?

• 1. Esperanza wants hair like her mother

• Esperanza’s hair is just like her mothers

• Esperanza plans to be a hairstylist one day

• Esperanza adores her mother’s hair

Choose the best piece of evidence to support your answer

• “…sweet to put your nose J into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it.”

• 1. “Everybody in our family has different hair”

• 1. “Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier. That's the way he did it. “

• 1. “And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands.”

Describe how Esperanze feels about her name. How do you know? Use complete sentences and as many details as possible to receive full credit.

What does Esperanza compare her sister Neny to in the vignette, “Boys and Girls”? Explain this metaphor.

Which trait best describes “Cathy Queen of Cats”?

• 1. Impatient 

• 1. Vulnerable 

• 1. Judgmental 

• Resentful

Which piece of textual evidence supports your answer to the above question? Two pieces of evidence: ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street.
• You don't want to know them.
• Alicia is stuck-up ever since she went to college
• She used to like me but now she doesn't.
• Cathy's father will have to fly to France one day
• I am the great great grand cousin of the queen

What is revealed about Esperanza and how she feels about herself in “Our Good Day”?