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The House on Mango Street

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Earl?

a)

dances with Esperanza

b)

no one was sure what his wife looked like

c)

younger sister who is like Esperanza in many ways

d)

says a cloud is God

2.

Who is Darius?

a)

has too many children

b)

drinks coconut and papaya juices

c)

dances with Esperanza

d)

says a cloud is God

3.

Who is great-grandmother?

a)

Esperanza does not want to grow up like her

b)

has too many children

c)

drinks coconut and papaya juice

d)

dances with Esperanza

4.

Who is Nenny?

a)

says a cloud is God

b)

younger sister who is like Esperanza in many ways

c)

Esperanza does not want to grow up like her

d)

has too many children

5.

What is Loomis?

a)

type of car Louie's cousin steals

b)

home between Mango and Keeler

6.

Who is Rosa Vargas?

a)

Esperanza doesn't want to grow up liker her

b)

younger sister who is like Esperanza in may ways

c)

has too many children

d)

dances with Esperanza

7.

Who is Rafaela?

a)

drinks coconut and papaya juice

b)

has too many children

c)

Esperanza doesn't want to grow up like her

d)

says a cloud is God

8.

What is the Cadillac?

a)

Esperanza compares her hips to one

b)

type of car Louie's cousin steals

c)

home between Mango and Keeler

9.

What is Buick?

a)

Esperanza compares her hips to one

b)

type of car Louie's cousin steals

c)

home between Mango and Keeler

10.

Who is Uncle Nacho?

a)

has too many children

b)

says a could is God

c)

drinks coconut and papaya juices

d)

dances with Esperanza

11.

Name the members of the narrator's family.

a)

Mama, Papa, Abuela, Kiki, and the narrator.

b)

Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, Nenny, and the narrator.

c)

Mama, Papa, Carlos, Marianna, Nenny, and the narrator.

d)

Mama, Uncle Lucho, Kiki, Nenny, and the narrator.

12.

Which sentence does not describe the house on Mango Street?

a)

It is large and blue.

b)

Some of the bricks are crumbling.

c)

There is no front yard.

d)

There is one bedroom and one bathroom.

13.

What does the narrator want to have someday?

a)

She wants to have a husband and five children.

b)

She wants to have a bedroom of her own.

c)

She wants to have a best friend.

d)

She wants to have a college education.

14.

How does Esperanza describe her feet?

a)

She says they are big and heavy like plungers.

b)

She says they are small and dainty like Cinderella's.

c)

She says they are her best features.

d)

She says they are ugly and look like banana boats.

15.

Esperanza asked about a house. What was Elenita's response?

a)

She said, "There's no place like home."

b)

She said, "Ah, yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart."

c)

She said, "You will never feel at home anywhere."

d)

She said, "Your family is your home."

16.

What is different about Ruthie?

a)

She cannot speak.

b)

She never leaves the house.

c)

She speaks five languages.

d)

She is the only adult who likes to play.

17.

Who or what are the only ones that understand Esperanza?

a)

the dogs

b)

the flowers

c)

the clouds

d)

the trees

18.

Why doesn't Esperanza go out with her family on Sundays anymore?

a)

She has too much homework.

b)

She does not like the way her father drives.

c)

She is busy going out with her friends.

d)

She is ashamed of the way they stare out the window at things they can't have.

19.

True or False: Esperanza thinks Sally got married to escape.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What does Esperanza say she likes to do?

a)

She likes to paint pictures.

b)

She likes to write songs.

c)

She likes to tell stories.

d)

She likes to watch television.

21.

What is Esperanza's last name?

a)

Del Moral

b)

Cordero

c)

Marin

d)

Vargas

22.

Before they moved to Mango Street, which street did Esperanza and her family live?

a)

Loomis

b)

Keebler

c)

Third

d)

Hawthorne

23.

Why does Esperanza love the house on Mango Street?

a)

Because everyone has their own bathroom.

b)

Because there is a huge backyard.

c)

Because they own it.

d)

Because it is in walking distance to school.

24.

Whom is Esperanza named after?

a)

her mother

b)

her aunt

c)

her neighbor

d)

her great-grandmother

25.

What does Esperanza wish she could change her name to?

a)

Lisandra

b)

Zeze the X

c)

Maritza

d)

Jeff

26.

Where does Esperanza's friend, Sally, meet boys?

a)

The zoo

b)

The Ape House

c)

The Monkey Garden

d)

The Vegetable Garden

27.

Who reads Esperanza's cards?

a)

Rachel

b)

Elenita

c)

Marin

d)

Louie

28.

Finish this quote: "Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon_____.

a)

more like the real me, the one nobody sees."

b)

which way she'll go. There is nothing I can do."

c)

tied to an anchor."

d)

Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

29.

Finish this quote: "I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name _____

a)

more like the real me, the one nobody sees."

b)

Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

c)

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back, too."

d)

about the two-room flats and sleeping rooms he rented, the weekly money orders sent home, the currency exchange. How could they?"

30.

Finish this quote: "In the meantime they'll just have to _____

a)

about the two-room flats and sleeping rooms he rented, the weekly money orders sent home, the currency exchange. How could they?"

b)

ate hamandeggs for three months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hamandeggs. That was the only word he knew. He doesn't eat hamandeggs anymore."

c)

tied to an anchor."

d)

move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in."

31.

Finish this quote: "And I think if my own Papa died what would I do. _____

a)

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back, too."

b)

Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

c)

I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him."

d)

I waited my whole life. You're a liar. They all lied. All the books and magazines, everything that told it wrong."

32.

Finish this quote: "I don't know _____

a)

I waited my whole life. You're a liar. They all lied. All the books and magazines, everything that told it wrong."

b)

which way she'll go. There is nothing I can do."

c)

I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him."

d)

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back, too."

33.

Finish this quote: "No, Alicia says. _____

a)

I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him."

b)

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back, too."

c)

Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

d)

which way she'll go. There is nothing I can do."

34.

Finish this quote: "Why did you leave me alone? _____

a)

I waited my whole life. You're a liar. They all lied. All the books and magazines, everything that told it wrong."

b)

I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him."

c)

Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

d)

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back, too."

35.

Finish this quote: "I have begun my own quiet war. _____

a)

Like it or not you are Mango Street, and one day you'll come back, too."

b)

I hold my Papa in my arms. I hold and hold and hold him."

c)

Simple. Sure. I am one who leaves the table like a man, without putting back the chair or picking up the plate."

d)

I waited my whole life. You're a liar. They all lied. All the books and magazines, everything that told it wrong."

36.

Finish this quote: "My father says when he came to this country he _____

a)

move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in."

b)

tied to an anchor."

c)

ate hamandeggs for three months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hamandeggs. That was the only word he knew. He doesn't eat hamandeggs anymore."

d)

I waited my whole life. You're a liar. They all lied. All the books and magazines, everything that told it wrong."

37.

Finish this quote: "They never saw the kitchenettes. They never knew _____

a)

ate hamandeggs for three months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hamandeggs. That was the only word he knew. He doesn't eat hamandeggs anymore."

b)

tied to an anchor."

c)

move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in."

d)

about the two-room flats and sleeping rooms he rented, the weekly money orders sent home, the currency exchange. How could they?"