House on Mango Street (p.3-13)

Which sentence does NOT describe the house on Mango Street, based on the opening vignette on pages 3-5?

• It is large and blue
• Some of the bricks are crumbling.
• There is no front yard.
• There is one bedroom and one bathroom.

In the vignette "My Name", Esperanza states "I inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window".

What is the significance of this quote?

• Esperanza wants a home with windows that open.

• Esperanza thinks her grandmother was lazy.

• Esperanza wants a husband to take care of her.

• Esperanza wants to be free with no regrets.

In the vignette "Hairs", how is Esperanza’s mother’s hair described?

• Lazy and never does what she wants it to

• Slippery

• Thick and straight

• Curly and pretty

Based on the vignette "Hairs", 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”

In the vignette "Boys and Girls", what does Esperanza wish for?

• A Bike

• A new house

• A best friend

• A dog

In the vignette "My Name", what does "Esperanza" mean in English?

• Too many letters

• Hope

• Strength

• sadness

In the vignette "My Name", what does "Esperanza" mean in Spanish?

• Too many letters

• Hope

• Strength

• a muddy color

As we see in "My Name", who is Esperanza named after?

• Her mother

• Her neighbor

• Her Great Grandmother

• Her Aunt

In "My Name", how does Esperanza describe her namesake?

• Content in her home

• Calm and quiet

• An extremely happy woman

• A wild horse of a woman

Vignette: Boys and Girls
What does the narrator say about the relationship between boys and girls? What evidence does she provide to support this idea?

• When the narrator says that “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds”(pg.8), she is implying that the girls live on one planet and the boys live on a better planet.
• On page 8, the narrator says, “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds.” She implies that they exist in two different societies; they live by two sets of rules—rules that give men and boys more freedom and independence than women and girls.
• On page 8, the narrator says that “the boys in their universe and we in ours” which means they do not like to play with her and Nenny because they are different.