Characters
These two girls live across the street from Esperanza and become her best friends.
Who are Lucy and Rachel
What two things does Esperanza want to have someday?
She wants to have a best friend and a house.
How was the house on Mango Street different than the other houses the family lived in?
It was their own
True or False: The story told in The House on Mango Street is entirely made up.
False
Esperanza's best friends
Rachel and Lucy
This is Esperanza's younger sister.
Who is Nenny?
Near the beginning of the novel, Esperanza compares herself to balloon tied to this.
What is "an anchor?"
What matters according to Marin?
To get married
This is the city where the novel takes place.
Chicago
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
Bicycle
This character has had to take over the role of the female head of household after her mother died. She tends a local university and aspires to work hard in order to better herself.
Who is Alicia?
This is the author of the novel.
Sandra Cisneros
What did the girls discover in the furniture store that made Esperanza feel dumb?
Music box
Why did Esperanza's family have to leave the flat on Loomis?
Because the water did not work
What hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor
High heel shoes
Lucy's little sister. She has difficulty pronouncing English phrases.
Who is Rachel.
This is the English translation of Esperanza's name.
What is Hope
What is special about the tree in Meme's yard
The kids chose it for the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Event
The country Esperanza's family originally immigrated from.
Mexico
How the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood often try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street.
What is getting married
Rents the basement of Meme Ortiz's house. He hails from Puerto Rico, where the rest of his family currently lives, and spends time with his cousins, one of whom steals cars
Who is Louie
This is the reason why Esperanza gives us a description about the different hair.
What is to tell the reader about the different personalities of her family members?
This is what the Vargas kids don't have.
A Father
The last name of Esperanza's family.
What is the ideal home of Esperanza
That it be white and have a yard