This character was really excited about owning rabbits someday.
Who is Lennie?
100
What kind of error is the following?
"Our new bicycle."
What is a sentence fragment?
100
Esperanza says that she and her sister's laughter is "like a pile of dishes breaking." She is using this kind of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
The following sentence has this many pronouns.
I am going to remind my sister to pick up her dry cleaning.
What is three?
200
This character is Esperanza's little sister.
Who is Nenny?
200
This character is the only female character in the book (and she doesn't even have a name!).
Who is Curley's wife?
200
These are the FANBOYS, and this is how they are used.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so, and they are used after a comma in compound sentences?
200
When Esperanza tries to kick Lucy and Rachel out of her yard, she's says there is "[t]oo much trash in our yard today", she is using this kind of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
200
This is the difference between "its" and "it's".
What is that "its" is a possessive pronoun and "it's" is a contraction for "it is"?
300
This character is Esperanza's aunt who passed away the day she made fun of her.
Who is Aunt Lupe (or Guadalupe)?
300
This character is the only black character, and most people treat him horribly.
Who is Crooks?
300
What kind of error is the following?
"She doesn't need anybody to laugh with, she just laughs."
What is a run-on sentence?
300
The following simile means this when Esperanza describes how she feels when she and her family drive by houses on Sunday.
"...all of us staring out the window like the hungry."
What is desperation, shame, etc.?
300
This is Trevor's mother's name in Pay It Forward.
What is Arlene?
400
This character is Esperanza's friend whose father is very strict; she gets married very young and enjoys her husband's money.
Who is Sally?
400
This character is described as being reliable, strong, and handsome.
Who is Slim?
400
What kind of sentence is the following?
"It makes their bald ankles all red, but I like them."
What is a compound sentence?
400
When Esperanza explains that diseases "pick with a dizzy finger" who to affect, this kind of figurative language is being used.
What is personification?
400
An adverb can modify these parts of speech.
What is a verb, an adjective, and another adverb?
500
This character is Esperanza's first real crush. He has a girlfriend who supposedly doesn't know how to tie her own shoes. ;)
Who is Sire?
500
George uses this character's gun at the end of the novel.
Who is Carlson?
500
What are the contractions in the following sentence, and what do they stand for?
"I don't know which way she'll go."
What is "don't" for "do not" and "she'll" for "she will"?
500
This character told Esperanza the metaphor "a home in the heart" when she wanted to know her future.
Who is Elenita?
500
This is Esperanza's last name (mentioned once in the novel).