Trivia Time
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
This is the name of Esperanza's sister.
Who is Nenny (Magdalena)?
"His feet were fat and doughy like thick tamales."
What is a simile?
When Esperanza meets her, she says she will Esperanza's friend "until Tuesday."
Who is Cathy?
"We didn't always live on Mango Street."
Who is Esperanza?
A book like Mango St., that is loosely based on the author's own experiences, can be called what term?
What is autobiographical?
This is the name of one of Esperanza's brothers (you only have to name one).
Who are Carlos and Kiki?
"They say my name funny, as if the syllables were made out of tin."
What is a simile?
These two sisters are Esperanza's first friends in the neighborhood besides Cathy.
Who are Lucy and Rachel?
"She says, I am the great great grand cousin of the queen of France."
Who is Cathy?
This is the decade the book was published.
What is 1980s?
She was a "wild horse of a woman."
Who is Esperanza's great-grandmother?
"I am a red balloon tied to an anchor."
What is a metaphor?
She has to "wake up early with the tortilla star."
Who is Alicia?
"...Under the streetlight, dancing by herself, is singing the same song somewhere."
Who is Marin?
This is the name for the way the book's chapters are structured (Not one continuous storyline -- instead, "snapshots" of moments)
What is a vignette?
This is Esperanza's last name.
What is Cordero?
"Windows so small you'd think they were holding their breath."
What is personification?
She compliments Esperanza on her teeth.
Who is Ruthie?
"Close your eyes and they'll go away, her father says."
Who is Alicia?
This is the number of chapters overall in the book (answers can be rounded to the nearest 10).
What is 44? (40)
This family member dies in the "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark" chapter.
DAILY DOUBLE
"She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow."
She is the girl with "eyes like Egypt."
Who is Sally?
"Ah yes, a home in the heart. I see a home in the heart."
Who is Elenita?