WorksheetsHouse on Mango Street Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_______ dreams of a home with a yard and three washrooms.
a)
Mama
b)
Esperanza
c)
Papa
d)
Minerva
2.
______ helps Esperanza feel safe and loved
a)
Nenny
b)
Marin
c)
Ruthie
d)
Mama
3.
________ longs for a friend she can tell secrets to.
a)
Cathy
b)
Mama
c)
Marin
d)
Esperanza
4.
Sire and Lois are two mean dogs that scare the children.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What are the only things that understand Esperanza?
a)
the dogs
b)
the flowers
c)
the clouds
d)
the trees
6.
What does Esperanza say she will do when she is older?
a)
She will own a house and invite the bums in to live in the attic.
b)
She will run an orphanage or give money to the poor.
c)
She will move away from places where men beat women and girls, and women stare out at windows.
d)
She will move from city to city and never stay in one place.
7.
In the final vignette, what does Esperanza say she likes to do?
a)
paint pictures
b)
write songs
c)
tell stories
d)
watch sunsets
8.
Identify the following figurative language: "My mother's hair...is the warm smell of bread before you bake it."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
9.
Identify the following figurative language:
"My name is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings."
"My name is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
10.
Identify the following figurative language:
"Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."
"Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
11.
Identify the following figurative language:
"My papas hair is like a broom"
"My papas hair is like a broom"
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
12.
Identify the following figurative language:
"Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
"Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personifcation
d)
alliteration
13.
In the chapter "Red Clowns," Esperanza is very upset with Sally for abandoning her at the carnival. The mood the reader feels based on Esperanza's reaction is...
a)
furious
b)
happy
c)
guilty
d)
lighthearted
14.
What is Esperanza's tone towards the house on Mango Street?
a)
negative the whole time
b)
positive, then negative at the end
c)
negative, then accepting at the end
d)
accepting the whole time
15.
The different "chapters" of The House on Mango Street are called
a)
stanzas
b)
pages
c)
vignettes
d)
memories
16.
Define motif.
a)
the reason someone does something
b)
a recurring object or topic in a story
c)
a type of royalty
d)
an example
17.
Where is The House On Mango Street set?
a)
Chicago
b)
New York City
c)
New Mexico
d)
Texas
18.
_________ spent her life looking out the window.
a)
Mama
b)
Ruthie
c)
Great-grandmother
d)
Minerva
19.
_________ spent her life looking out the window.
a)
Mama
b)
Ruthie
c)
Great-grandmother
d)
Minerva
20.
“We come from Texas, Lucy says and grins.
Her was born here, but me I’m Texas
You mean she, I say.
No I’m from Texas, and doesn’t get it”
This Quotation:
Her was born here, but me I’m Texas
You mean she, I say.
No I’m from Texas, and doesn’t get it”
This Quotation:
a)
Shows the reader that Esperanza is never taken seriously
b)
Implies that Texas is the worst place to be from
c)
Shows the reader that Esperanza is just as smart as everyone else
d)
Implies that Esperanza is not only intelligent, but she is more intelligent than her peers
21.
According to Esperanza, what does Sally want?
a)
to get married
b)
to love and love and love
c)
to get away from her parents
d)
a boyfriend to make her happy
22.
Who wrote The House on Mango Street?
a)
Frida Kahlo
b)
Sandra Cisneros
c)
Esperanza
d)
Sandra Echeverría
23.
"Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."
In this quote, Esperanza is saying the _____ represents her _____.
In this quote, Esperanza is saying the _____ represents her _____.
a)
image, weight
b)
metaphor, feelings
c)
balloon, ideas
d)
anchor, sister
24.
What does Esperanza mean when she says that, "I have inherited her name, but I don't want to inherent her place by the window."
a)
She wants to change her name
b)
Her name really means sadness
c)
Women are secretly strong
d)
She doesn't want to be fated to being trapped like her great-great-grandmother
25.
What does the narrator say about the relationship between boys and girls? What evidence does she provide to support this idea?
a)
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.
b)
On page 8, the narrator says, “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds.” She does not literally mean two different worlds; she is implying that they live by two sets of rules—rules that give men and boys more freedom and independence than women and girls.
c)
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.
26.
What does Esperanza mean by the quote, “she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow”?
a)
She means that women are forced to sit and ‘watch’ life go by without living their own dreams. They have to do what is expected of them.
b)
She means that her great-grandmother loved to look outside and see her children playing. If one of then got hurt, then she felt really sad.
c)
She means that she really wanted to be free, but her family kept her inside all day to look out the window.
27.
What is the significance of this quote: “But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakity-shake and our car windows get rolled up tight and our eyes look straight. Yeah. That is how it goes and goes.”
a)
Esperanza explains that if she goes into another neighborhood, the ground is slippery and the air is polluted.
b)
Esperanza, like most people, believes that she will get beaten up if she leaved her block.
c)
Esperanza explains that when she goes into a neighborhood of non-Hispanics, she becomes scared and afraid.
28.
Identify the following figurative language:
"She was the sun I watched every morning, the quiet breeze that calmed me"
"She was the sun I watched every morning, the quiet breeze that calmed me"
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
29.
When you repeat the beginning sound of a word over and over, this is known as:
a)
Repetition
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
30.
Cisneros uses the alliteration "buttoning, bottling and babying," in order to convey:
a)
The mother is constantly balancing many aspects of life with her kids
b)
The hilarity of having to deal with such reckless kids
c)
How desperate and disappointing the mother is
d)
How busy the kids get with all the chores around the house
31.
Esperanza thinks Sally got married at 14 years old to escape.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Identify the following figurative language:
"I watched as time ran away from my hands and the fire burnt out"
"I watched as time ran away from my hands and the fire burnt out"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
33.
According to the witch woman, Esperanza will one day receive a:
a)
Home in the islands
b)
Home in the heart
c)
Home in Chicago
d)
Home on Mango Street
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