HOMS Questions
HOMS Questions
House on Mango Street Characters
Figurative Language Terms
House on Mango Street Background
100

What happens to Louie's Cousin?

He is arrested for stealing a Cadillac. 

100

Esperanza is named after this person.

Who is her great-grandmother?

100

12 year old whose name means "Hope."

Who is Esperanza?

100

language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind (it is vivid and descriptive)

What is imagery?

100
The narrator of the story.
Who is Esperanza?
200

Describe the Vargas children

They are behaving poorly since they are running rampant and unsupervised in the neighborhood. 
200

What is Esperanza's biggest concern in the first vignettes? What does she seem to care most about?

Where she lives/her house

200

Embarrassing little sister.

Who is Nenny?

200

the idea that something has a deeper meaning and represents something else

What is symbolism?

200

The story takes place in this city.

What is Chicago?

300
What does Esperanza say to convince her mom to write her a note to let her eat in the canteen?

She tells her mom she will have to do less dishes, she will see her less and like her more

300

How does Esperanza feel about her sister, Nenny?

She is too young to be her friend.

She feels like Nenny is her responsibility.

300

Carlos and Kiki.

Who are Esperanza's younger brothers?

300

a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar

What is a simile?

300

The author of The House on Mango Street.

Who is Sandra Cisneros?

400

Why does Esperanza need to get a job in the vignette "The First Job?"

Catholic school is expensive 

400

Why does Cathy say her family needs to move?

The neighborhood is getting bad.

400

Esperanza's first "friend" who moves away.

Who is Cathy?

400

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sentences  

What is a anaphora?

400

A short scene that focuses on a character.  This is how the book is divided.

What is vignette?

500

What game (physical activity) are the girls playing as they are discussing "Hips?"

Jump Rope

500

Esperanza says that she has inherited her great-grandmother's name, but why doesn't she want to be like her great-grandmother?

Her great-grandmother never did all the things she dreamed of. She sat by the window each day, probably regretting the life that she lived.

500

A strong-willed, smart woman who has hair that smells like bread.

Who is Mama?

500

the practice of representing a thing or idea as a person or with human-like qualities in literature

What is personification?

500

The year that The House on Mango Street was published.

What is 1984?