The House on Mango Street

The smell of Mama's hair is______________.

• comforting

• like the rain outside

• reminds Esperanza of Papa snoring

• musty

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Which of the following characters do not live with Esperanza?

• Mama and papa

• Nenny

• Carlos and Kiki

• All of these characters live with Esperanza

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Although Nenny and Esperanza look differently, what do they share in common?

• They have the same eyes

• They both have their mother's nose

• They both are clumsy

• They have the same laugh

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Who spent her life looking out the window after they got married?

• Mama

• Esperanza's great grandmother

• Cathy Queen of Cats

• Nenny

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Why does Esperanza say, "But I don't want to inherit her place by the window."

• She's wants to be just like her great grand- grandmother when she grows up.

• She wants to look out the window that her grand- mother looked out from to see what the view was like.

• She is referring to her great- mother who was forced to get married and spent the rest of her life sad.

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What evidence does not support Esperanza’s feelings towards her mother?

• “Holding you a feeling safe”

• “Warm smell of bread before you bake it”

• “Everyone in my family has different hair”

• “Like little candy circles all curly and pretty”

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How does the narrator feel about her sister?

• She “did not choose her”

• “Nenny is her best friend”

• Esperanza “looks up to her”

• They “fight all the time”

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True (A) or False (B): Esperanza believes that “boys and girls live in separate worlds.”

• True

• False

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Which of the following does not describe Cathy?

• She is Esperanza’s neighbor

• She enjoys Rachel and Lucy’s company

• She owns a lot of cats

• She and her family are going to move soon

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Why is Cathy moving?

• Because Mango Street is getting “bad”

• They are going to New York City

• Her mother got a new job

• None of the above

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