Esperanza
The meaning of Esperanza's name
What is Hope
Esperanza's little sister
What is Nenny
Esperanza's best friends
What is Rachel and Lucy
What Angel Vargas does
Tries to fly, falls to earth without even an "oh"
What Esperanza is embarrassed of at her cousin's christening, when she dances with her uncle
her old shoes
What Esperanza wishes for above all else
What is a house
The superhero that Meme Ortiz wants to be like in the jumping contest
Tarzan
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
What is a bike
The character who does not speak English
What is Mamacita
The city this story is set in.
What is Chicago
Esperanza's first job
What is Peter Pan's Photo Finishers
Where Esperanza's family is from
What is Mexico
What hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor
What is high-heeled shoes
The character whose father thinks she is so beautiful that she will get in trouble so he is very strict with her
What is Sally
The person in Esperanza's family who dies
What is abuelito/grandfather
What Louie's cousin is arrested for
What is stealing a car
What Rafaela wants on Tuesdays
sweeter drinks, Papaya and Mango juice
The person who says she was a "smart cookie"
What is Esperanza's mother
How the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood often try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street.
What is getting married
The body part that Esperanza and her friends talk about while jumping rope
Hips
Why Esperanza thinks she is "born bad"
What is she makes fun of her aunt right before her aunt dies
What Darius sees in the clouds
God
Esperanza's friend who writes poetry
What is Minerva
Two characters that are imprisoned by the men in their lives.
What is Sally and Rafaela
Esperanza's older friend who sees mice
What is Alicia