The House on Mango Street
What does Esperanza wish for more than anything?
What is a house
Who is Tidbit's faithful companion?
Who is Hushpuppy
Symbolizes authority and order
What is the conch
Find the adjective:
He told ghost stories on Halloween.
What is "ghost"
Why was yesterday significant?
What was earth day!!!!!!
What country is Esperanza's family from?
What is Mexico
What is the name of the prison Amari was kept at before traveling to America?
What is Cape Coast Castle
The littleun who has a nervous breakdown and coped by repeating his address
Who is Percival
Find the mistake:
"The concert will be on the month of June."
What is change "on" to "in"
"Her eyes were like the sun" is an example of what literary device?
What is a simile
What clothing item (part of an outfit) do Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor?
What are shoes
Who is the mistress of the house?
Who is Isabelle
What makes the boys revert to a primal state of life?
Acceptable answers: What is fear (of the beast)
Which word is the adverb?
"The dog ran quickly when he heard the cat."
What is "quickly"
What are the three states of matter?
What is solid, liquid, gas
How do the women on Mango street try to escape their circumstances?
What is by getting married
What were Clay's real feelings towards Amari?
What is cares/likes her
Who is Jack’s “lieutenant?” A cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Who is Roger
Find the pronoun(s):
Please hand me the pen that fell on the floor.
What is "me" and "that"
What are the five digits after the decimal point in Pi?
14159 (3.14159 = pi)
At the end of the novel, what do the old ladies tell Esperanza she must do?
What is return to Mango Street to help those who cannot leave
Describe Amari's major conflict at the end of the story
What is the fact that she is pregnant with Clay's baby
The year the Lord of the Flies was published
What is 1954
What is wrong with this sentence?
“At eight years old, my father gave me a pony for Christmas.”
What is: this sentence means that the father was eight when he gave the child the horse. It should be: "When I was eight years old, my father gave me a pony."
The county cleared this path and paved it with packed gravel, so they would have a peaceful place to hike and bike.
Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
What is #4