WorksheetsCKLA Unit 6: The House on Mango Street
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 8hrs 30mins
Rather than dividing The House on Mango Street into chapters, the author created the novel as a series of...
Journal entries
Poems
Personal letters
Vignettes
A narrator...
tells a story in his or her own words
reads a story
proofreads a story for mistakes
What point of view is The House on Mango Street written?
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Why does Esperanza's family move to Mango Street?
it was the real house their family had always been looking for
the water pipes in their flat broke and the landlord wouldn't fix them
the house on Loomis was too small
they didn't have enough money to pay the rent
"...And windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."
What literary device is this an example of?
Simile
Theme
Plot
Personification
Why is Esperanza so upset about the house on Mango Street?
She just doesn't feel proud of it. It isn't her dream house.
The house is close to her dream house, but she doesn't like the color red.
She does not have her own room in the house, but she likes most of it. She continues dreaming of her own house one day.
What word did the nun say about Esperanza's house on Loomis that made Esperanza feel like nothing?
"Ewww!"
"There?"
"Sinner!"
"Bars?"
How did Esperanza feel when the Nun asked her if she lived There?
Excited
Ashamed
Shy
Angry
Esperanza dreams about one day having a home she is not afraid to point at and call it her own.
True
False
How would you describe the setting of this story?
In the country
In a suburban neighborhood
In the big city
On the Not-so-nice, run down part of town
The following is an example of which literary device:
My name is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings.
imagery
Metaphor
hyperbole
pun
What does Esperanza's name mean?
sadness
What is Esperanza’s attitude toward her name?
She wants to change it to a new name
She thinks it is better than any other name
She is indifferent about her name
She likes it sometimes and hates it other times
Esperanza thinks her name is "ugly". Which detail from the text supports this statement.
Esperanza was born in the Chinese year of the horse.
Esperanza says her name is "a muddy color".
Esperanza means "hope".
Which new name did Esperanza want to baptized with?
Zeze the X
Lisandra
Magdalena
Maritza
Why does Esperanza say, "But I don't want to inherit her place by the window."
She's wants to be just like her great grand- grandmother when she grows up.
She wants to look out the window that her grand- mother looked out from to see what the view was like.
She is referring to her great- mother who was forced to get married and spent the rest of her life sad.
The memory of her decision to drop out of school because she did not have nice clothes fills Esperanza's mother with feelings of...........that are familiar to her daughter.
shame
joy
hatred
longing
What does Esperanza buy for five dollars?
A jacket
A white cat
Part ownership of a bicycle
A music box
How does Esperanza feel about Cathy?
Esperanza still wants to be her friend.
Esperanza is angry with her.
Esperanza just forgets about her.
Esperanza does not care about Cathy being angry.
How does Esperanza feel about the two sisters, Rachel & Lucy?
She thinks they are gross and dusty like a broom.
She thinks they are strange.
She thinks they will make very fun and kind friends.
She does not show any kind of feeling towards them.
Which of these is a metaphor?
Let the cat out of the bag
The wheels were cooked spaghetti
Her smile was like the sun
The pizza called to me
In "Those Who Don't" how did Esperanza think people that weren't from her neighborhood felt when they came there?
Lonely
Scared
Confused
Happy
What does Esperanza promise to never forget?
Who she is or where she came from
Sally's sadness
Her grandfather
Angel Vargas
What kind of place does Esperanza want to live in?
A house full of children and a husband
A house that is all her own, a house that is quiet as snow
An apartment in a nice downtown neighborhood
A mansion that has 8 bathrooms
Why will Esperanza come back to Mango Street?
She will never come back
She will come back for the ones she left behind
She will come back because she misses her friends
She will come back to help her family
