Vocab
House on Mango Street
Trivia
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Miscellaneous
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(adj.) associated, connected


Affiliated
Cogent
Impervious
Tepid
Augment

Affiliated

200

The translation of the protagonist's name, Esperanza.

Hope

200

What is the highest grossing movie of all time?

Avatar.

200

This is the reason the soup "tasted like corpses" on one particular night.

The young boy or pipel was hanged and did not die right away.

200

What figure of speech is this?

This ice cream is the best ice cream I've ever tasted!

Hyperbole.

400

(adj.) stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

Adulterate
Dour
Meticulous
Redress
Fallow

Dour

400

The names of each person in Esperanza's family

What is Papa, Mama, Carlos, Kiki, Esperanza and Nenny

400

Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

Australia.

400

His warnings are ignored near the beginning of the story.

Moshe the Beadle.

400

What kind of conflict is Elie battling his hunger?

Man vs. __________

Man vs. nature

600

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Urbane
Liquidate
Unfeigned
Negligible
Belligerent

Negligible

600

When she gets a house of her own, who or what Esperanza says she would let sleep in her attic

Bums (homeless)

600

What is the second biggest organ in the body?

The liver.

600

The largest and best known concentration camp where Elie and his family were first sent

Auschwitz

600

You want to sleep over at your friend's house so you ask your friend's mom to call your parent. What Aristotelian appeal did you use?

Ethos.

800

(adj.) hasty, not thorough

Infallible
Assent
Cursory
Adroit
Artifice

Cursory

800

A place that becomes a symbol of magic and freedom for the neighborhood children

What is the Monkey Garden

800

Spell the following word:

Definitely.

800

He is the doctor of Auschwitz, famous for his ous "selections" and horrific experiments.

Dr. Menegle

800

What is the format of the snapshot-like memories in each chapter?

Vignettes.

1000

(v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Vociferous
Somber
Consecrate
Pliable
Obviate

Obviate

1000

The body part that Esperanza fixates on as a symbol of her unattractiveness.

Her feet.

1000

What is the only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table?

J.

1000

This is how Elie "rebelled" against God during Yom Kippor.

He did not fast.

1000

How is House On Mango Street a bildungsroman?

It follows Esperanza through her formative years as she grows up.

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