The girl with eyes like Egypt
Who is Sally
"He wakes up tired in the dark, who combs his hair with water, drinks his coffee, and is gone before we wake, today is sitting on my bed"
Who is Papa
What genre is The House of Mango Street?
What is coming-of-age
What does hair symbolize?
What is Esperanza’s family and their identity.
The name of the street Esperanza and her family live on
What is Mango Street
Queen of cats
Who is Cathy
"He chases girls with firecrackers or a stick that touched a rat and thinks he's tough, today pointed up because the world was full of clouds, the kind like pillows"
Who is Darius
Who wrote The House in Mango Street?
Who is Sandra Cisneros
What does Esperanza’s house symbolize?
What is poverty
Who Esperanza was named after
Who is her great-grandmother
Moved into Cathy's house after her family moved away
Who is Meme Ortiz
"Under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere. I know. Is waiting for a car to stop, a star to fall, someone to change her life"
Who is Marin
Where does the book take place?
What is Chicago
What does the Monkey Garden symbolize?
What is a loss of innocence and end of childhood.
Esperanzas dream house
What is a big white house with a backyard and trees.
Owns the furniture store
Who is Gil
"Two trains and a bus, because she doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin"
Who is Alicia
What is the name of the short poetry sections in the book?
What are vignettes.
What is one of the main symbols that symbolized isolation?
What is windows.
Esperanzas siblings
Who are Carlos, Nenny, and Kiki.
Ednas daughter
Who is Ruthie
"She cant come out- but she stands in the doorway a lot, all the time singing, clicking her fingers"
Who is Louie
When was The House on Mango Street written?
What is 1984
What do high heels symbolize?
What is maturity
What does Esperanza want to do after she leaves Mango Street?
What is come back for the others.