Life On Mango Street
The Race for Land
The Trunk
Vocabulary
Random
100

Where is the main character from?

Chicago

100

Who is the main character (the one telling the story)?

Moses

100

Who is the main character and where is she from?

Rinko

California, United States

100

What word means,  (n.) a factory where food, such as meat, fish or fruit, is put in a can

Cannery

100

What color lights are on a traffic light?

Red, yellow, green

200

Why did the family have to move out of their last house?

A water pipe broke and flooded it. 

200

What are the horses names?

Maybelle and Rumble

200

Why did Rinko's mom come to the United States?

To get married

200

What does Boundary mean?

(n.) something that shows where one area begins and another ends

200

What is a hybrid between a lion and a tiger called?

A Liger

300

Who did Esperanza say where the only ones that understood her? 

The trees

300

Where were Moses and his family from? 

Baltimore, Maryland

300

What kind of person in Aunt Waka?

Happy and positive
300

Which word means, (adj.) not having a normal or natural shape

Deformed

300

What is the other name for H2O?

Water

400

How was the house on Mango Street different than than the house Esperanza's parents dreamed about?

It was small, one bathroom, one bedroom, little yard, and shabby looking.

400

What were the people called that cheated and went to claim land before the race started?

Sooners

400

What was Mama's dream before coming to the United States?

To be a teacher

400

What word means,  (adj.) looking thin and weak, often from hunger, worry, or pain

Haggard

400

Name the members of your favorite Kpop group

Varies

500

What was the lesson the trees taught Esperanza?

Keep going even when life is hard. Dont give up

500

Who were the two people that talked to Moses after he claimed land for his family?

United States Marshals  

500

What did Rinko do at the very end of the story?

Ran upstairs to clean her room

500

What word means, (v.) to treat someone or a group worse than another

Discriminate 

500

What are the classrooms at Mpoly named after?

Universities