Sally
Sally's makeup reminds Esperanza of
Cleopatra
What is Esperanza's little sister's name?
Nenny
What is interesting about Meme's dog?
It has two names
What breaks Mamacita's heart?
the baby singing in English
What is Esperanza's first job?
Sorting photos
What is Sally's husband like?
controlling and abusive
How does Esperanza feel about her name?
Doesn't like it and wants to change it
What type of things do Meme's cousin Marin share with Esperanza and the other young girls
How babies are made
Mamacita doesn't come downstairs/outside for two reasons
She is too overweight to leave the apartment
People are mean to her
What does Esperanza want to do at lunch time?
Bring her own packed lunch from school
What do the boys in the Monkey Garden want Sally to do to get her keys back?
Kiss them all
How do Esperanza'a brothers treat her
Nice to her at home; ignore her/are mean outside
Using context clues what can we assume about Edna's daughter Ruthie?
She has a mental disability
The neighborhood can never agree on what Earl's wife...
looks like
200 bonus points: always has different women at his apartment making the audience assume these women are prostitutes.
Esperanza got new clothes for her cousin's baptism but is embarrassed that she didn't get...
New shoes
How old is Sally when she gets married
not yet in eighth grade
Why does Esperanza's dad come into her room crying?
His mom, Esperanza's grandmother, died
Alicia is a good girl who takes two buses and a train to university, what two things is she afraid of?
Mice and fathers
At her job Esperanza meets an old man who is the only person who is nice to her. What does he do after telling her it's his birthday?
Forces her to kiss him on the lips
What does Esperanza buy with the money she steals from her sister
a share in the bike shared by neighborhood kids
What happens to Esperanza when Sally tells her to go have fun at the carnival
What does Esperanza's mother regret?
dropping out of school
Meme's cousin gives Esperanza and the other neighborhood kids a ride in a Yellow Cadillac, what goes wrong?
The kids get out of the car while the driver crashes the car trying to outrun the cops
A Woman from down the street gives Esperanza and her friends a bag of old high heeled shoes. what three things do these shoes cause?
1. The girls to dress up as Cinderella
2. The store clerk to tell them they are inappropriate for young girls
3. The bum man treating them as adults and offering to pay for kisses
Why do Esperanza and her friends pray "because of what [they] did to Aunt Lupe"