Characters
Landmarks
Literary Devices
Plot Points
Potpourri
100
She is Esperanza's younger sister.
Who is Nenny?
100
It's the location of the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest.
What is Meme Ortiz's tree?
100
"Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine."
What is Personification?
100
Why do Lucy & Rachel want $5 from Esperanza?
What is to buy a bike from Tito?
100
He's driving the nice car that crashes when he's chased by the police.
Who is "Louie's cousin"?
200
He owns a used furniture and junk store.
Who is Gil?
200
It's the roof from which Angel Vargas plummets to his death.
What is Mr. Benny's store?
200
"Sally is the girl with eyes like Egypt..."
What is a simile?
200
Where is Esperanza the first time she's sexually assaulted?
What is in the coatroom at work?
200
They are the two things that Alicia is afraid of.
What are mice and fathers?
300
She wants a job where she can meet a rich man who'll marry her.
Who is Marin?
300
It's where Esperanza wants to eat lunch.
What is the Canteen at school?
300
"First the click and whine of the car door opening,then the scrape of concrete, the excited tinkling of dog tags..."
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Esperanza's father ate only this for his first three months in America?
What is ham and eggs?
300
It's Earl's job.
What is jukebox repairman?
400
She's a fortune teller.
Who is Elenita?
400
Where Esperanza's Family lived before moving to Mango Street.
What is Loomis St?
400
"My aunt, a little oyster, a little piece of meat on an open shell for us to look at."
What is a metaphor?
400
It's the reason Esperanza sees her father crying.
What is his father -- Esperanza's grandfather -- has died.
400
It's where Lucy was born.
What is Texas?
500
He's killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Who is Geraldo?
500
It's where Esperanza gets her first job.
What is Peter Pan Photo Finishers?
500
"The boys and girls live in separate words. The boys in their universe and we in ours."
What is hyperbole?
500
These are the 3 English phrases Mamacita can say.
What is "He not here," "No speak English," and "Holy smokes!"
500
It's the object Gil won't sell.
What is a music box?
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