Events
What does the owner of the junk store show Esperanza and Nenny that surprise them?
A. a robot
B. a snake
C. a music box
D. magazines
What is C. a music box
Which character is "boy crazy," gets physically abused at home, and is not really a good friend to Esperanza?
A. Sally
B. Nenny
C. Marin
D. Elenita
What is A. Sally
Whose name did Esperanza inherit?
A. Her mother's
B. Her little sister's
C. Her great-grandmother's
D. Edna's daughter's
What is C. Her great-grandmother's
What does Esperanza's name mean in English?
A. Fear
B. Hope
C. Life
D. Maturity
What is B. Hope
Who does Esperanza share poems together with? (towards the end of the novel)
A. Sally
B. Minerva
C. Nenny
D. Cathy
What is B. Minerva
Which character is Esperanza's hardworking friend who attends college and is afraid of the mice in her home?
A. Kiki
B. Alicia
C. Cathy
D. Marin
What is B. Alicia
Esperanza gives Lucy and Rachel $5. What item do they buy with it?
A. Candy Bar
B. Bicycle
C. A new toy
D. Lemonade
What is B. Bicycle
Where was Esperanza's first job?
A. At a fast-food spot
B. At a photo finish shop
C. At a pet store
D. Helping Elenita, the "witch woman"
How did Esperanza's dad react to "abuelito" or the grandfather, passing away?
A. He cried in front of Esperanza for the first time.
B. He became very angry.
C. He felt regret that he didn't see him before he died.
D. He was satisfied.
What is A. He cried in front of Esperanza for the first time
Which character became so sick from disease that she dies and is also blind?
A. Marin
B. Aunt Lupe
C. Nenny
D. Rachel
What is B. Aunt Lupe
What do shoes in the book symbolize? (Hint: think Esperanza, Lucy, and Rachel walking down the street).
A. Cowardice
B. Love
C. Loneliness and despair
D. Femininity and sexuality
What is D. Femininity and sexuality
At the end of the book, how does Esperanza describe the future "House of [Her] Own"? (i.e. what she wants her future house to be like)
A. Quiet, clean
B. Messy, rustic
C. Dusty, ugly
D. Loud, busy
What is A. Quiet, clean
When "Mamacita" hears her baby sing the Pepsi commercial on TV, what does she do?
A. Tells it to be quiet.
B. Tells it to keep singing.
C. Tells it to not speak English.
D. Gets her video camera.
What is C. Tells it to not speak English
Which character is Louie's cousin? (Hint: She lives with Louie's family because her family lives in Puerto Rico, and she sings and dances a lot).
A. Nenny
B. Marin
C. Cathy
D. Blanca
What is B. Marin
What does Esperanza say that she and her family do when they go into a neighborhood of another color (not "brown")?
A. Mingle with everyone.
B. Shop in all the neighborhood stores.
C. Get nervous, look straight, and roll up their car windows.
D. They never leave the House on Mango Street.
What is C. Get nervous, look straight, and roll up their car windows
Towards the end of the book, Esperanza becomes upset at Sally for leaving her at the carnival. What happens to Esperanza there?
A. she is scared by red clowns
B. she is kicked by other girls
C. she is sexually assaulted/ raped
D. she holds hands with a boy
What is C. she is sexually assaulted/ raped
What happens to Louie's one cousin (the who owns the Cadillac and takes Esperanza and others for a ride)?
A. He runs over an animal.
B. He gets hit by a car.
C. He gets chased by the police and is arrested.
D. He dies.
What is C. He gets chased by the police and is arrested
Who is Esperanza's first friend when she moves to Mango Street? (Hint: she moves away a week later).
A. Nenny
B. Sally
C. Cathy
D. Elenita
What is C. Cathy
What are the four skinny trees that Esperanza sees in her front yard representative of?
A. Deterioration / Death
B. Vanity
C. Independence and resilience
D. Elenita, the witch lady
What is C. Independence and resilience
At the very end of the book, what does Esperanza say about Mango Street, or "Mango"?
A. She will never leave her home there.
B. She needs to leave there in order to find love and a potential husband.
C. She is too strong to stay at her home there forever.
D. She cannot leave because of her friends there.
What is C. She is too strong to stay at her home there forever.