WorksheetsMango Street #1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is a literary vignette?
A short description that may be part of a larger work.
A picture of a pastry in a book.
A French pastry.
The only good way out of a corn maze.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
There isn't a landlord banking on the ceiling.
The house would have stairs inside like the houses on TV.
The windows are so small you would think they are holding their breath.
The way she said it made me feel like nothing.
Which sentence will probably NOT help readers understand how Esperanza feels about her name?
It means sadness, it means waiting.
I wonder if she made the best with what she got.
At school they say my name funny.
I would like to baptize myself under a new name.
Which sentence uses repetition?
I am the great great grand cousin of the queen of France.
Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street.
Cathy has cats and cats and cats.
Her house is like cat heaven.
Which of the following does not seem very important to Esperanza?
Friends
Family
Getting a boyfriend
Being Latina
Why does the writer compare the experience with the music box to "marimbas...with a funny little plucked sound?"
She wants to confuse readers.
This will help readers understand the sound.
All of the above.
None of the above.
What is important to Marin?
Finding a man to make her life better.
Moving to Puerto Rico.
Spending time with her family.
Working hard at her job.
What is important to Alicia?
Making tortillas.
Having a good career.
Getting married.
None of the above.
How might Esperanza describe her great-grandmother?
Happily married.
Educated.
Trapped.
Beautiful
What happened to Louie's other cousin's car?
Marin crashed it while trying to put on make-up.
Someone stole it from him.
He crashed it while trying to escape the police.
The kids broke the windows by playing with the buttons.
