Characters
This is the name of the main character.
Who is Esperanza?
This is something upsetting that happens to Esperanza at her first job.
What is an old man forces her to kiss him?
This is the name of the author of The House on Mango Street.
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
This person has an abusive father and she escapes his home by getting married very young.
Who is Sally?
This is what happens to Esperanza when she goes to the carnival with Sally.
What is Sally leaves her alone and she is assaulted by a group of boys/men?
This character has hair that smells like baked bread.
Who is Esperanza's mother?
This is the relative that Esperanza and her friends make fun of then dies, making her feel guilty.
Who is Aunt Lupe?
Esperanza talking about her mother's hair and how she felt bad when her father was said is an example of this theme.
What is family love?
This character makes Esperanza feel like she is "a red balloon tied to an anchor."
Who is Nenny?
This is what ends up happening to Sally.
This character has a lot of cats and is presumably prejudice.
Who is Cathy?
This is who Esperanza dances with in the chapter "Chanclas."
This is when The House on Mango Street was published.
When is 1984?
This character was sent from Puerto Rico to live with her aunt and uncle, and she wants to get married to get out of their house.
Who is Marin?
This is why Rafaela, who drinks papaya juice, is so sad?
What is her husband locks her away and will not let her leave the house?
This person stole and crashed a yellow Cadillac.
Who is Louie's other cousin?
This is what happens in the chapter "Monkey Garden" that upsets Esperanza.
What is the boys steal Sally's keys and wont give them back until she kisses them?
This is where Cisneros was born.
Where is Chicago?
Who is Ruthie?
This is the responsibility Esperanza is given when her grandfather dies.
What is telling the rest of her siblings what happened and taking care of her papa/father?
This person always stares at Esperanza and she has a crush on him.
Who is Sire?
These are the three sisters and this is what they tell Esperanza.
Who are Rachel and Lucy's aunts and they tell Esperanza that she must remember to come back for the others?
This is the author's and the main character's ethnicity?
What is Chicana (Mexican-American)?
This character wants to attend university but her father makes it hard because he makes her cook, clean, and take care of her siblings.
Who is Alicia?
This is what Esperanza, Lucy, and Rachel buy together.
What is a bicycle?