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HOUSE ON MANGO STREET CHAPTERS 1-9

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

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1.

The underlined sentence is a...

"Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos' hair is thick and straight. He doesn't need to comb it. Nenny's hair is slippery-slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur."

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

2.

The underlined sentence is a(an) ...

"Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos' hair is thick and straight. He doesn't need to comb it. Nenny's hair is slippery-slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur".

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

3.

The underlined sentence is a(an) ...

"Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos' hair is thick and straight. He doesn't need to comb it. Nenny's hair is slippery-slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur".

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

idiom

4.

The boys and the girls live in separate worlds. The boys in their universe and we in ours. My brothers for example. They've got plenty to say to me and Nenny inside the house. But outside they can't be seen talking to girls. Carlos and Kiki are each other's best friend ... not ours. Nenny is too young to be my friend. She's just my sister and that was not my fault. You don't pick your sisters, you just get them and sometimes they come like Nenny. She can't play with those Vargas kids or she'll turn out just like them. And since she comes right after me, she is my responsibility.

In the above excerpt, identify the lines that shows the perception of separation that society places on different groups of people.

a)

A. “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds… She's just my sister and that was not my fault”.

b)

B. “She can't play with those Vargas kids or she'll turn out just like them. And since she comes right after me, she is my responsibility”

c)

C. “The boys and the girls live in separate worlds… She can't play with those Vargas kids or she'll turn out just like them”.

d)

D. Carlos and Kiki are each other's best friend ... not ours… Nenny is too young to be my friend”.

5.

In English my name means hope. In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting. It is like the number nine. A muddy color. It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing.

In the above excerpt, how does Esperanza (the narrator) characterize her name?

a)

A. “My name means poor, waiting, the number 11, a muddy color… it is the Spanish records my father plays…”

b)

B. “My name means the number nine…waiting…a muddy color…sadness...It is the Mexican records my father plays…”

c)

C. “My name means hope…the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday…a muddy color…forgiveness…?"

d)

“My name means trust…hope…the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday…

6.

"But I like them. Their clothes are crooked and old. They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks. It makes their bald ankles all red, but I like them. Especially the big one who laughs with all her teeth. I like her even though she lets the little one do all the talking."

In the above excerpt which line can you identify the clear use of imagery, joy, an example of Hyperbole.

a)

A. “But I like them. Their clothes are crooked and old.

b)

B. “…But I like them… Their clothes are crooked and old… but I'm sure she'll he glad when she finds out we own a bike.”

c)

C. “Especially the big one who laughs with all her teeth. I like her even though she lets the little one do all the talking”.

d)

D. “Especially the big one who laughs with all her teeth. I have two new friends and a bike too.

7.

"Only there's nothing like that where this old man is pointing, just a wood box that's old and got a big brass record in it with holes. Then he starts it up and all sorts of things start happening. It's like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones. It's like drops of water..."

WHAT DID NENNY WANT FROM THE STORE?

a)

A record player

b)

an old radio

c)

a music box

d)

a trumpet

8.

What is Meme's real name?

a)

Geraldo

b)

Juan

c)

Victor

d)

Santiago

9.

"Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage. But what you remember most is this tree, huge, with fat arms and mighty families of squirrels in the higher branches. All around, me..." neighborhood of roofs, black-tarred and A-framed, and in their gutters, the balls that never came back down to earth."

What was fascinating about Meme's backyard?

a)

missing toys

b)

a dog

c)

a tree

d)

a broken-down car

10.

what happened as a result of MEME winning the Tarzan Jumping contest?

a)

He fractured both legs

b)

He fractured his skull

c)

He fractured both arms

d)

He fractured his back