Esperanza
The translation of the protagonist's name, Esperanza.
El significado del nombre de Esperanza.
What is Hope
Esperanza's little sister
Quien es la hermana de Esperanza?
What is Nenny
Esperanza's best friends
Quienes son las mejores amigas de Esperanza?
What is Rachel and Lucy
What the Vargas kids don't have.
Que es lo que no tienen los ninos Vargas?
What is a father
The heritage of the author, Sandra Cisneros
Cual es el origen de Sandra Cisneros?
What is Latina
What Esperanza wishes for above all else
Que es lo que Esperanza desea mas que nada?
What is a house
The names of each person in Esperanza's family
Cuales son los nombres de los miembros de la familia de Esperanza?
What is Papa, Mama, Carlos, Kiki, Esperanza and Nenny
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
Que fue lo que compraron Rachel, Lucy, y Esperanza?
What is a bike
The character who does not speak English
Que personaje no habla ingles?
What is Mamacita
The city this story is set in.
En que ciudad se llevo acabo la historia?
What is Chicago
Esperanza's first job
Cual fue el primer trabajo de Esperanza?
What is Peter Pan's Photo Finishers
Where Esperanza's family is from
De donde es la familia de Esperanza?
What is Mexico
What hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor
Que le regalo la vecina, a Esperanza y a sus amigas?
What is high-heeled shoes
The character who is described as beautiful and too exotic for Mango Street
Quien es la mas bella y exotica en Mango Street?
What is Sally
The person in Esperanza's family who dies
Cual miembro de la familia de Esperanza muere?
What is abuelito/grandfather
When she gets a house of her own, who or what Esperanza says she would let sleep in her attic
Cuando Esperanza tenga su propia casa, a que o a quien ella dejaria dormir en el atico?
What is bums
What was in Esperanza's sandwich the day she ate in the canteen at school
De que era la torta de Esperanza, cuando comio en la cafeteria de la escuela?
What is rice
A place that becomes a symbol of magic and freedom for the neighborhood children
Que lugar se convirtio en un simbolo magico y de libertad en el vecindario?
What is the Monkey Garden
How the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood often try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street.
De que manera buscan salir de Mango Street, las muchachas del vecindario de Esperanza?
What is getting married
The body part that Esperanza fixates on as a symbol of her unattractiveness
Que parte su cuerpo de Esperanza siente que no la hace ver atractiva?
What is her feet
What the old ladies at Rachel and Lucy's sibling's funeral tell Esperanza she must do.
En el funeral, que le dijieron las 3 hermanas a Esperanza que tenia que hacer?
What is return to Mango Street to help those who cannot leave
Who Esperanza's mother is referring to when she says "Look at my "comadres"
A quienes se refiere la mama de Esperanza cuando dice " mira a mis comadres"?
What is her female friends
Esperanza's friend who writes poetry
Quien es la amiga de Esperanza que escribe poemas?
What is Minerva
Two characters that are imprisoned by the men in their lives.
Cuales los dos personajes que son encarceladas por esposo?
What is Sally and Rafaela
Esperanza's older friend who values education because she "doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin"
Quien es la amiga mayor de Esperanza la quien valora la educacion y no piensa trabajar en una factoria?
What is Alicia