House on Mango Street Test 1

From whose perspective is the story told?

• Geraldo

• Nenny

• Esperanza

• Sandra

Who is the main character (or the protagonist)?

• Nenny

• Elenita

• Sandra

• Esperanza

The House on Mango Street
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.

was a wild woman who was forced to get married

• Mama
• great-grandmother
• Rachel
• Marin

The smell of Mama's hair is______________.

• comforting
• like the rain outside
• reminds Esperanza of Papa snoring
• musty

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

How does Esperanza feel about her family's home on Mango Street?

• She is disappointed by the house and ashamed of it

• She is proud of the home and of her parents for buying it

• She thinks the home is funny because it is unusual

• She worries that the home will be taken from them

What is a vignette?

• Short scene that focuses on one moment

• A novel that compares two unlike things

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Comparison using “like” or “as”

Rachel, Lucy, Nenny, and Esperanza all put their money together to buy a

• A pair of heels

• Candy

• Bike

• Cats for Cathy

What happened when Louie's other cousin visited?

• He gave the kids a ride in a stolen car and was arrested.

• He tried to sell toys to them.

• He took them to see their first movie.

• Esperanza had a crush on him.