My Name Is The House On Mango Street

Which vocabulary word means someone who has moved from one place from another (usually a different country) to establish a new life?

• interesting

• immigrant

• inhabitable

• inherit

Who is Esperanza named after?

• her mother

• her aunt

• her grandmother

• her great-grandmother

Where is Esperanza's family from?

• Mexico

• Africa

• United State of America

Esperanza thinks her name is "ugly". Which detail from the text supports this statement.

• Esperanza was born in the Chinese year of the horse.

• Esperanza says her name is "a muddy color".

• Esperanza means "hope".

Which vocabulary word means to get (looks, personality, money or items) from your parents or family?

• interesting

• immigrant

• inhabitable

• inherit

Fill in the blank. She was a horse woman too, born like me in the year of the horse - which is supposed to be bad __________ if you're born female.

Which new name did Esperanza want to baptized with?

• Zeze the X

• Lisandra

• Magdalena

• Maritza

How does Esperanza feel about her name?

• Esperanza loves it!

• Esperanza doesn't like it at all.

• Esperanza thinks there are some good and bad things about her name, but still wants a new one.

Esperanza did not want to inherit her great-grandmother's ________________.

• name

• illness

• place by the window

In the text, the author mentions what Esperenza's name means in both English and Spanish. This is an example of ________________.

• perceived conflict

• dual identity

• depair