The House on Mango Street

The House on Mango Street
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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The House on Mango Street
True or False: The narrator says Nenny is her best friend.

• True
• False

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was a wild woman who was forced to get married

• Mama
• great-grandmother
• Rachel
• Marin

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Why does Cathy tell Esperanza she is moving?

• Cathy lost all her cats and needs to find them
• her great grand cousin in France is giving them money
• her dad got a new job
• the neighborhood is getting bad

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Why did Esperanza's family move to Mango Street? (NT)

• 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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The smell of Mama's hair is______________.

• comforting
• like the rain outside
• reminds Esperanza of Papa snoring
• musty

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What does Esperanza mean? (GC)

• hope
• love
• saddness
• peace

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What does the book say Cathy's house is like? (GA)

• full of cats
• dirty with cats
• cat heaven 
• infested with cats

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Why does Marin live with Louie's family?

• her family is in Puerto Rico
• they needed help with the two little sisters
• she needed a job
• she had no where to live

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What is Esperanza’s attitude toward her name?

• She wants to change it to a new name

• She thinks it is better than any other name

• She is indifferent about her name

• She likes it sometimes and hates it other times

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