House on Mango Street Vignettes 11-15

What does Marin sell in her free time?

• Makeup

• Magazines

• Homemade food

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

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Esperanza uses words like "dangerous" and "shiny knives" to describe stereotypes. This imagery can best be described as

• confusing

• civilized

• aggressive

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Esperanza say that people “who don’t know any better” think will happen to them in the neighborhood?

• They will want to stay.

• They will get stabbed.

• They will get lost.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Esperanza say the Vargas kids don't have?

• They don't have respect for living things or themselves.

• They don't have common sense.

• They don't have any money.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Vargas boys are so bad that no one really cares when Angel Vargas falls out of a tree and ______.

• breaks a leg.

• starts crying.

• dies.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What happened to Alicia’s mother?

• She stayed in Mexico.

• She died.

• She ran away.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

 What piece of textual evidence shows us that Alicia’s father represents the stereotypical male who believes that a woman’s place is in the home?

• “Close your eyes and they’ll go away, her father says, or You’re just imagining” (pg.31).

• “And anyway, a woman’s place is sleeping so that she can wake early with the tortilla star…” (pg.31).

• “…the ones her father says do not exist. Is afraid of nothing except four-legged fur. And fathers” (pg.32).

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Esperanza finds it wise when Darius looks up at a particular cloud and calls it ___.

• Sky-fog

• God

• Heaven

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Darius from "Darius and the Clouds" shows a shift in his personality through...

• getting in trouble all the time.

• changing the way he treats girls.

• making life simple when looking at clouds.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Which sentence is the best summary for the vignette Marin?

• Marin is a neighbor who has experienced more in life and teaches Esperanza about it.

• Marin is a neighbor who owns a local business and inspires Esperanza.

• Marin is Esperanza's cousin from Mexico who teaches her many things.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

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