Esperanza
Family
Friends
Mango Street
Miscellaneous
100

The translation of the protagonist's name, Esperanza.

What is Hope

100

What advice did Esperanza's mom give her when she said, "I could've been somebody."

Don't let anything stop you from achieving your dreams.

100

What is the name of Esperanza's friend that had to move out of the neighborhood because people like her were moving in?

Cathy queen of cats

100

When Louie's cousin wrecked the stolen yellow cadillac what did the front of the car end up looking like? 

alligator nose

100
The heritage of the author, Sandra Cisneros
What is Latina
200
What Esperanza wishes for above all else
What is a house
200
The names of each person in Esperanza's family
What is Papa, Mama, Carlos, Kiki, Esperanza and Nenny
200
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
What is a bike
200
The character who does not speak English
What is Mamacita
200

What is a bildungsroman?

a coming-of-age story 

a story with a life lesson

300
Esperanza's first job
What is Peter Pan's Photo Finishers
300

What does Esperanza say smells like bread?

her mother's hair

300
What hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor
What is high-heeled shoes
300
The character who is described as beautiful and too exotic for Mango Street
What is Sally
300
The person in Esperanza's family who dies
What is abuelito/grandfather
400
When she gets a house of her own, who or what Esperanza says she would let sleep in her attic
What is bums
400
What was in Esperanza's sandwich the day she ate in the canteen at school
What is rice
400

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"

Alicia

400
How the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood often try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street.
What is getting married
400
The body part that Esperanza fixates on as a symbol of her unattractiveness
What is her feet
500
What the old ladies at Rachel and Lucy's sibling's funeral tell Esperanza she must do.
What is return to Mango Street to help those who cannot leave
500

Who is the book dedicated to?

For all the women

500

Esperanza's friend who writes poetry

What is Minerva

500

Everyone on Mango Street just wants to be ___________ , but it's not that _________.

happy; easy

500

What are the three themes repeated throughout the book?

Belonging, Heritage and Home

Also, perseverance, resilience and hope :)

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