The House on Mango Street: Chapter 1-4 Quiz

Which is the best description for how Esperanza feels about her younger sister Nenny in "Boys and Girls?"

• Nenny is her best friend

• Nenny is a responsibility

• She is jealous of Nenny

• She is worried about Nenny

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Which sentence does NOT describe the house on Mango Street?

• It is large and blue.

• It is small and red.

• There is no front yard.
• There are three bedrooms and one bathroom.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How was the house on Mango Street different from the other houses the family had lived in?

• It was the largest house they had ever lived in.
• The government was paying for it.
• It was their own house.
• It was the first two-story house they had lived in.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.K.6

Who has the most beautiful hair?

• Papa's hair, like a broom.
• Mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly.
• Carlos' hair, thick and straight.
• Nenny''s hair, slippery.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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What does the narrator mean when she says, “Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor?

• She is saying that she, unlike her brothers, has a lot of responsibilities. She is not as free and independent as Carlos and Kiki, at least until Nenny is old enough to be mature. 
• She believes that she is made of rubber and can be filled with helium and float into the sky.
• Here, she is implying that her parents hate her because she is a girl and they won’t let her do anything like Carlos and Kiki. 

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Esperanza mean by the quote, “she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.” 

• She means that women are forced to sit and ‘watch’ life go by without living their own dreams. They have to do what is expected of them. 
• She means that her great-grandmother loved to look outside and see her children playing. If one of then got hurt, then she felt really sad. 
• She means that she really wanted to be free, but her family kept her inside all day to look out the window.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Boys and Girls
In this chapter, what does the Narrator want to have someday?

• She wants to have a husband and five children.
• She wants to have a bedroom of her own.
• She wants to have a best friend.
• She wants to have a college education.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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Why did Esperanza's family move to Mango Street?

• it was the real house our family had always been looking for
• the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn't fix them
• our house on Loomis was too small
• we didn't have enough money to pay the rent

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Each of the following are reasons why Esperanza does not like her name, EXCEPT:

• "it means too many letters."

• "It means sadness, it means waiting."

• "At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth."

• "not quite as thick as sister's name - Magdalena - which is uglier than mine."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

This character is described to have "hair like fur".

• Esperanza

• Nenny

• Kiki

• Carlos

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