WorksheetsHouse on Mango Street and Literature
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
What does the old, black man who runs the junk shop refuse to do unless he knows his customers have money?
Open the door
Talk
Make Eye Contact
Turn on the lights
What happens to Meme when he joins in the kids’ Tarzan jumping contest?
Gets in a fight
Breaks both arms
Wins the contest
Dies from the fall
When Louie’s cousin is taking the kids around the block in his new Cadillac, what causes them to stop?
They hit a cat
They get a flat
They're out of gas
They hear sirens
What does Esperanza say that people “who don’t know any better” think will happen to them in the neighborhood?
They'll want to stay
They'll get stabbed
They'll get rich
They'll get lost
The Vargas boys are so bad that no one really cares when Angel Vargas falls out of a tree and ______.
Dies
Breaks a leg
Starts crying
Gets brain damage
What happened to Alicia’s mother?
She ran away
She died
She got arrested
She stayed in Mexico
Esperanza finds it wise when Darius looks up at a particular cloud and calls it ___.
Sky-Fog
Mother
God
Heaven
What kind of sandwich does Esperanza’s mother pack her for lunch?
Ham
Cheese
Ground beef
Rice
Where does Esperanza’s aunt get Esperanza a job?
Junk shop
Photofinishing store
Restaurant kitchen
Seamstress's shop
When Esperanza’s grandfather dies, Esperanza is shocked to see ___ crying.
Her father
Her mother
Her grandmother
Nenny
Who was killed in the tragedy in Pittsburg.
Christians
Jews
Muslims
LGBTQ
-the writer’s/author’s/narrator’s attitude (emotion) used when speaking about a subject.
Tone
Mood
Central Idea
Inference
Which of the following can be an author's purpose? Select all that apply.
Entetain
Persuade
Inform
Reprimand
What the author wants you to know, think or believe.
Message
Summary
Central idea
Inference
the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks and/or expressions that make a person
Gender role
Racism
Identity
Tone
Societies' expected ways of behaving based on gender
Gender role
Racism
Identity
Tone
What should be in place of A?
_____________ A _________, ___B___I have inherited her name, but I do not want to inherit her place by the window____B____ ___C____ ____D_____ _______C_____ _____E______
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For example, the text states
location #
What should be in place of B?
_____________ A _________, ___B___I have inherited her name, but I do not want to inherit her place by the window____B____ ___C____ ____D_____ _______C_____ _____E______
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For example, the text states
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What should be in place of C?
_____________ A _________, ___B___I have inherited her name, but I do not want to inherit her place by the window____B____ ___C____ ____D_____ _______C_____ _____E______
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For example, the text states
location #
What should be in place of D?
_____________ A _________, ___B___I have inherited her name, but I do not want to inherit her place by the window____B____ ___C____ ____D_____ _______C_____ _____E______
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For example, the text states
location #
What should be in place of E?
_____________ A _________, ___B___I have inherited her name, but I do not want to inherit her place by the window____B____ ___C____ ____D_____ _______C_____ _____E______
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For example, the text states
location #
"In the meantime they'll just have to move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in."
Racism
Gender Roles
Identity
"Alicia, whose mama died, is sorry there is no one older to rise and make the lunchbox tortillas. Alicia, who inherited her mama's rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and studies for the first time at the university."
Racism
Gender Roles
Identity
"I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees."
Racism
Gender Roles
Identity
The following quote contains a--
"Marin is already older than us in many ways, the boys who do pass by say stupid things like I am in love with those two green apples you call eyes, give them to me why don't you."
simile
metaphor
