The House on Mango Street Lesson

Where is Marin going in a year? (Marin pg. 26)

• She is going away to college because she got a scholarship.

• She is going to live with another aunt in California.

• She is going to a convent.

• She is going back to Puerto Rico. She is too much trouble for  Louie's parents.

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True or False: People who come into Esperanza's neighborhood  think the residents are dangerous.

• A. True

• B. False

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What does Esperanza say the Vargas kids don't have? (There Was an Old Woman pg. 29)

• They don't have any manners.

• They don't have respect for living things or themselves.

• They don't have any common sense.

• They don't have any money.

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Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?

• Sandra Cisneros

• Frida Khalo

• Dr. Seuss

• Maria Santiago

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One of the major themes, home, is introduced in vignette one, what does the narrator feel about home?

• Home is awesome.

• Home is the place that she escapes from the outside world.

• Home is her dream.

• Home is a place that makes her feel safe, secure, comfortable and sometimes disappointed. 

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From whose perspective is the story told?

• Geraldo

• Nenny

• Esperanza

• Sandra

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Who is the main character (or the protagonist)?

• Nenny

• Elenita

• Sandra

• Esperanza

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In the book, what does the house on Mango Street symbolize?

• happiness

• laughter

• unfulfilled dreams

• fulfilled dreams

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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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True or False: The narrator says Nenny is her best friend.

• True

• False

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