House on Mango Street

Esperanza plans to remember Mango Street in ______.

• her new name

• a Mexican song

• her stories

• a letter

Esperanza wants to give herself a new name because she _____.

• envies her sister for having a nickname

• wants a name that reflects the real her

• disapproves of the way others say her name

• dislikes having her great-grandmother’s name

In the final vignette, what does Esperanza say she likes to do?

• paint pictures

• write songs

• tell stories

• watch sunsets

The smell of Mama's hair is______________.

• comforting

• like the rain outside

• reminds Esperanza of Papa snoring

• musty

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

You can make an inference that Esperanza writes stories to _____.

• forget about her surroundings

• be like her story-telling mother

• show her friends that she is smart

• remember the places she has lived

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

Mama and Papa buy a house that is different from the one they say they will buy because they _____.

• think that this is the house that their

  children will like the best

• cannot afford a house like the one they

  say they will buy

• decide that the house on Mango Street is

  what they want

• cannot find a white house with a big

  yard and trees

You can make an inference that Esperanza creates stories about her life to _____.

• free herself from her environment

• be like her story-telling mother

• show her neighbors how smart she is

• remember the streets on which she has lived

How does Esperanza describe her relationship to Nenny?

• They are best friends

• It is broken down like their house

• She is like a balloon tied to an anchor

• It is like Carlos' and Kiki's relationship