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The House on Mango Street Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does Esperanza describe Elenita?

a)

too good at Math

b)

a witch woman

c)

ugly

d)

obese

2.

Who was Geraldo?

a)

an old man who was creepy

b)

a young man who met Marin at a dance

c)

an odd duck who was flirting with everyone!

d)

the neighbor from the orange building

3.

What happened to Geraldo?

a)

get left to go back home

b)

the school made him go home for swearing in the hallway

c)

He was in a hit and run accident

d)

IDK

4.

How did Marin feel about Marin dying?

a)

it mattered to her

b)

didn't care

c)

who?

5.

What was different about Edna's Ruthie?

a)

she was big.....VERY big

b)

she was an adult who liked to play

c)

she was very short

d)

she was very mean

6.

What do all of the children in the neighborhood disagree on regarding the Earl of Tennessee?

a)

they don't agree about his age

b)

they don't agree about his smell

c)

they don't agree about what his wife looks like

d)

they don't agree on how much $ they think he makes

7.

Sire and Lois are two mean dogs that scare the children. True or False?

a)

true

b)

false

c)

idk

8.

Who or what are the only ones that understand Esperanza?

a)

the dogs

b)

the feral pigs in the woods

c)

the clouds

d)

the trees

e)

the flowers

9.

What broke Mamacita's heart?

a)

when the PE teachers humiliated her

b)

her baby boy singing the Pepsi commercial in English

c)

her husband slapping her

d)

her car broke down

10.

Why does Rafaela's husband lock her in the apartment?

a)

the zombies were out and he wanted her safe

b)

he thinks she will run away because she is so beautiful

c)

he's just mad

d)

he doesn't want her able to find a job

e)

he's confused

11.

What does Rafaela like to drink?

a)

Dr. Pepper

b)

Coke

c)

Pepsi

d)

coconut and papaya juices

12.

According to Esperanza, what does Sally want?

a)

a car with leather, rims, and a sunroof

b)

a boyfriend that isn't a basement dweller/neckbeard

c)

she wants to love and love and love

d)

a new purse

13.

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

a)

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

b)

She is busy with her friends.

c)

She is busy with her bf.

d)

She has too much schoolwork.

e)

IDK

14.

What does Esperanza say she will do when she is older?

a)

make a lot of money

b)

own a house and invite the bums to live in the attic

c)

let her neckbeard brother live in the basement

d)

travel the world

15.

What does Esperanza decide about growing up?

a)

she wants to be just like her mother

b)

she wants to be a politician

c)

she says she will not grow up tame

d)

she will own a restuarant

16.

Who says she used to be smart but quit school because she did not have nice clothes?

a)

Rasputia

b)

Esperanza's mother

c)

Esperanaza's grandmother

d)

Magdalena

e)
17.

When Sally's father caught her talking to a boy he...

a)

beat the boy up

b)

beat her

c)

ran away

d)

grew a mustache and a mullet

18.

How did Esperanza feel when Sally went into the garden with the boys?

a)

angry

b)

happy

c)

disgusted

d)

confused

19.

Esperanza thought Sally got married to....

a)

gold dig

b)

escape

c)

get a new last name

d)

impress her friends

20.

What does Salley do all day in Linoleum Roses

a)

looks out the window and at her possessions

b)

talks on the phone to her friends

c)

listens to old records

d)

reads romance novels about far away places

e)

reads about princesses

21.

What do the three sisters tell Esperanza?

a)

to ALWAYS make sure to brush her pony (when she gets one)

b)

to remember to come back

c)

to NEVER....EVER get married to an ugly man

d)

that she can overcome her past

22.

Esperanza is ________ to come from Mango Street.

a)

proud

b)

embarrassed

23.

What does Esperanza NOT want in her house?

a)

to be in an upper class neighborhood

b)

it's her own

c)

quiet and clean

d)

a porch

24.

Which of these does Esperanza like to do?

a)

paint

b)

write music

c)

tell stories

d)

shop

25.

The BEST example of a theme for "The House on Mango Street" is....

a)

shoes

b)

search for your own identity

c)

a house

d)

trust the government to help you

26.

Curb

a)

The raised, concrete edge on the side of a street

b)

the type of roots that grow under a street and break through

c)

a blank

d)

IDK

27.

Barrettes

a)

a FAST type of car

b)

something to hold your hair in place

c)

a special towel to whipe your pits after PE class if you're musty

d)

a bar that is only for girls

28.

Annual

a)

happens once a year

b)

how would I know ?

c)

a girls name in Brazil

d)

a special type of wax used to remove hair from a man's back if it gets too long/dirty

29.

Catalyst

a)

inspires a person or an event

b)

a vein from the heart to the leg

c)

someone obsessed with cats

d)

someone who is generally considered unwashed, licks themselves like a cat would to stay "clean"

30.

A vignette is...

a)

A brief description of something, in this case as a part of a larger collection of stories to tell a bigger story

b)

a type of vinegar based salad dressing

c)

the opposite of a brickette

d)

a beautiful flower that smells HORRIBLE

e)
31.

A chandelier is

a)

a fancy light fixture

b)

a plumbing fixture that is installed as a separate unit in the bathroom besides toilet, shower and sink, which users have to straddle. Some bidets resemble a large hand basin, with taps and a stopper so they can be filled up; other designs have a nozzle that squirts a jet of water to aid in cleansing

c)

teaches math two doors down

d)
32.

Inherit means

a)

telling someone who won't stop talking to SHUT THEIR NOISE HOLE!

b)

telling someone with bad breath to close their "garlic breath"

c)

to receive after someone dies

d)

beats or sounds in a word

33.

Sassy means...

a)

IDK

b)

bold and spirited

c)
d)
e)
34.

Aisle

a)
b)
c)

a space between rows

d)
35.

Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?

a)

Amanda Fernandez

b)

Maxine Hong Kingston

c)
d)

Sandra Cisneros

36.

The setting of the novel is...

a)

modern day in Chicago

b)

future in Chicago

c)

modern day in New York City

d)

ancient times in Puerto Rico

e)
37.

The author's background most likely....

a)

impacts the setting of the story

b)

impacts the theme of the story

c)

impacts who the characters are in the story

d)

all of these answers

38.

Which is a vignette?

a)
b)
c)
d)

a type of writing adding detail to a character or setting

39.

Which food was eaten in The House on Mango Street

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

Extra Credit - Which is the most disgusting food combo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
41.

Extra Credit - The worst punishment for disrupting class would be ...

a)

calling home in front of my classmates

b)

running through a gauntlet of my peers throwing paper at me

c)

a referral

d)

inner school suspension

42.

Extra Credit - We are in Room....

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

idk

43.

The word _________ means "to understand the importance of something."

a)

appreciate

b)

temporary

c)

disgusted

d)

expectation

44.

The word _________ means "feeling dislike for something."

a)

disgusted

b)

strength

c)

despite

d)

temporary

45.

Choose the subject that agrees with (matches) the verb in the sentence. _________ sits at the lunch table by the window.

a)

My cousin

b)

We

c)

Juanita and I

d)

My friends

46.

Choose the subject that agrees with (matches) the verb in the sentence. _________ explains what bullying is during Advisory class.

a)

Mr. Perkins

b)

My classmates

c)

We

d)

They

47.

True or False

People who come into Esperanza's neighborhood think the residents are dangerous.

a)

True

b)

False

c)
48.

A polite way (and also most likely to be a successful way) to ask someone to stop talking to you is...

a)

tell them to shut their noise hole

b)

use a nice tone and nicely ask them to please stop talking

c)

tell them to shut up

d)

let them know how bad their breath is

49.

"The House on Mango Street" is...

a)

science fiction

b)

a vignette

c)

a persuasive essay

d)

a poem

e)

an editorial

50.

Mr. E.'s basic expectations for class are...

a)

don't interrupt him or my peers and give effort

b)

try to be on time at least 3 days a week

c)

make sure to bring 30 sheets of double lined notebook paper each day

d)

use your orange highlighter to highlight all dates, locations, weights, states, and city governor's