House on Mango Street Facts
Characters
Friends
Family
Miscellaneous
100

The meaning of Esperanza's name 

What is Hope

100

What does Darius say he sees in the clouds?

What is God. 

100

Esperanza's best friends

What is Rachel and Lucy 

100

Where is Esperanza's family from?

What is Mexico

100

What is a theme?

A lesson or a moral in the story. 

200

What does Esperanza wish for above all else?

What is a house?

200

Which character is studying at university and only fears "four legged furry animals her father"?

Who is Alicia

200

What Rachel, Lucy and Esperanza purchased together. 

What is a bike. 

200

Esperanza's little sister 

What is Nenny

200

According to the Chinese calendar, what year was Esperanza born?

What is the year of the horse

300

What is Esperanza's first job?

What is a photo finisher

300

What happened to Angel Vargas?

He tries to fly. / He falls from a great height. 

300

What hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor.

What is high-heeled shoes 

300

What happens to Aunt Lupe?

What is Aunt Lupe dies 

300

What do Nenny and Esperanza find in the junk store?

What is a music box.

400

What is the color of the Esperanza's house?

What is red.
400

Who says "There? You live there?"

What is a nun.

400

Why did Cathy Queen of Cats leave?

What is people like Esperanza are moving in. 

400

Who are the members of Esperanza's family? 

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

400

Who is Esperanza referring to at the end of the book when she says: "They will not know I have gone away to come back. For the ones I left behind. for the ones who cannot out." Who will she come back for?

What are the trapped women

500

What name does Esperanza wish to have?

What is Zeze the X

500

Who tells Esperanza "When you leave you must remember to come back for the others."

Who are the Three Sister?

500

In order to become friends, how much money do Lucy and Rachel ask Esperanza for?

What is $5.
500
What does Esperanza compare her mother hair to?

What is rosettes and candy circles

500

Who dies in Esperanza's family?

Who is abuelito/grandfather


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