First half of The House on Mango Street

"I am a red balloon tied to an anchor" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

What is the significance of the phrase, "Until then I am a red balloon tied to an anchor"?

• Once Esperanza lets go of the balloon, she will be free.

• Esperanza is afraid her balloon will float away if it is not tied down.

• Esperanza's family makes her feel as secure as a tied balloon.

• This comparison suggests that Esperanza feels trapped or weighed down, just like a balloon tied to an anchor would be unable to float freely.

What best describes the emotion expressed in the following passage? "[A] nun from my school passed by and saw me playing out front...Where do you live? she asked. There, I said pointing up to the third floor. You live there? There. I had to look to where she pointed—the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out. You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded."

• Pride

• Shame

• Resignation

• Hopelessness

What is implied by the following sentence? "In the meantime, they'll just have move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in."

• Moving to the neighborhood has increased their family fortune.

• Affordable housing is difficult to find in certain neighborhoods.

• 
  The speaker is aware that her family is not welcome in the neighborhood.

• Moving out of the neighborhood was an unexpected occurrence.

Draw and color a mango.

The perspective of the story told from the view of (name of the main character)

Write the name of the author of The House on Mango Street?

In what city does this novel take place?

• New York

• Houston

• Nashville

• Chicago

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

Which of the following characters do not live with the main character?

• Mama and Papa

• Nenny

• 
  Carlos and Kiki

• All of these characters live with the main character.