Characters 1
Esperanza's friend who married in 7th grade and had an abusive father
Who is Sally?
Esperanza's little sister
Who is Nenny/Magdalena?
The kind of school that Esperanza goes to
Where is Catholic school?
Meaning of Esperanza's name
What is "hope?"
A "smart cookie" who dropped out of school because she was ashamed of her clothes
Who is Esperanza's mother?
Esperanza's friend who waited on street corners to be noticed by boys and eventually was sent back to Puerto Rico
Who is Marin?
Esperanza's adult friend who thinks differently and acts like a child
Who is Ruthie?
Where Esperanza wants to allow "bums" to stay
Where is the attic?
What are the four skinny things that Esperanza compares herself to?
What are trees?
Esperanza's friend who goes to college but still cooks for/takes care of her family
Who is Alicia?
Sisters who are Esperanza's childhood besties
Who are Lucy and Rachel?
Man with no last name who died after he danced with Marin
Who is Geraldo?
Where Sally played the kissing game with the boys
Where is the Monkey Garden?
One person/group who introduces Esperanza to the spiritual world
Who are Elenita, three sisters, the nuns?
Esperanza's classmate who says that God is a cloud
Who is Darius?
Esperanza's aunt who died while the kids were making fun of her in the yard
Who is Aunt Lupe/Guadalupe?
Esperanza's crush, who is a "punk" and has a girlfriend named Lois
Who is Sire?
Where Marin met Geraldo
Where is a dance?
What Esperanza and her friends make a jump rope song about and want when they're older
What are hips?
Esperanza's friend who writes poems and is married to an abusive husband
Boy who broke both his arms in the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest and whose real name is Juan
Who is Meme Ortiz?
Woman who "had so many children she didn't know what to do;" her children misbehaved frequently, and one, Angel, died
Rosa Vargas
Esperanza's first job
What is Peter Pan Photo Finishers?
ALL of Esperanza's siblings
Who are Carlos, Kiki, and Nenny?
Man who is a jukebox repairman and has "a wife" who changes up her look frequently
Who is Earl?