WorksheetsThe House on Mango Street Study Guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does Esperanza's name mean in English?
Mango
Hope
The Lucky One
Sadness
Who is the narrator of the story?
Sandra
Esperanza
Sally
Esperanza's Mom
What is one of the major themes in the book?
Identity
Good vs Evil
Justice
Life & Death
Which are three literary elements in the book?
Episodic Novella, First-person narration, and Theme
Frame, Exposition, and Pacing
Tension, Design, and Layout
Mood, Point of View, and Accuracy
How does Rafaela cope with her situation?
She lives vicariously through her children
She spends her days crying out of her living room window
She fights her husband until he breaks and unlocks the apartment
She sends coins down to Esperanza and her friends so they can go buy her sweet juices from the convenience store
What was Esperanza doing the first time she noticed the way men perceive her?
Walking to school
Working her first shift at work
Walking around the neighborhood in high-heels
At a family member's wedding
What is a vignette?
A short passage that uses imagery to describe a subject in greater detail
A story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel
A short story that is typically under 1,500~ words
A salad dressing
Why does Marin want to get a job downtown?
Because that's where she'll make the most money
Because you can meet someone in the subway who might marry you and take you to live in a big house far away
Because she wants to be close to her family
Because it's far away from Mango Street and she will no longer be living in poverty
What happens to Esperanza at the end of the story?
She raises a family on Mango Street
It ends at the funeral with the three sisters
It ends with her packing to leave for school
She becomes a writer and owns her own home
How old is Esperanza?
10
12
17
9
How many people do Esperanza live with?
4
6
2
10
What happens on Esperanza's first day of work?
She gets fired
Her parents found out and didn't allow her to go in
On older man kissed her
She ends up hating it and tells the manager she's not coming back
What broke Mamacita's heart forever?
When her son started to sing in English
When the man who brought her to America left her
When she never learned how to speak English
When Esperanza never came back to Mango Street
What is Sandra Cisneros' first novel?
The House on Mango Street
Woman Hollering Creek
My Wicked Wicked Ways
Loose Woman
True or False: Sandra Cisneros has been called "Perhaps the most famous Chicana writer"
True
False
How does Esperanza describe her house?
"Not a man's house. Not a daddy's"
"A house for me and house for my family"
"A house for those who cannot leave Mango Street"
"It's not what I wanted. But it's what I needed"
Why is Esperanza insecure about her name?
She's scared people might find it hard to pronounce
She just doesn't think it sounds nice
There was already an Esperanza on Mango Street
She thinks it doesn't feel like her
Fill in the blank from the BrainPOP video: "On Mango Street, the houses belong to the___. And ___ belong to the houses
(a)
The women on Mango Street are limited to which two roles?
mother & daughter
mother & wife
sister & aunt
cousin & wife
What does Esperanza use as a means to creating her own house?
The walls in her house
Her dreams when she goes to sleep at night
Writing
Talking to her parents
