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Misc. House on Mango Street
House on Mango Street Characters
Espanol: El Autor?
House on Mango Street Background
100

SIMILE: My Papa's hair is like a ___________ , all up in the air. 

BROOM

100

Esperanza is named after this person.

Who is her great-grandmother?

100

12 year old whose name means "Hope."

Who is Esperanza?

100

Quien escribio "La Casa en Mango Steet?"

Sandra Cisneros?

100

The narrator of the story is.

Who is Esperanza?

200

METAPHOR: Esperanza says her name is "the Mexican _____________ my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving..." 

RECORDS

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
En que estado vivia el Autor cuando dice que vivian en la casa de Mango street?
Chicago
200

The story takes place in this city.

What is Chicago?

300

SIMILE: Esperanza explains that her great-grandfather carried away her great-grandmother "as if she were a fancy --_________________." 

CHANDELIER

300

How does Esperanza feel about her sister, Nenny?

COULD BE TWO ANSWERS:
Nenny is to young to be her friend.
OR
Nenny is her responsibility.

300

Carlos and Kiki.

Who are Esperanza's two brothers?

300
What was the real name of the street that the author lived on?

What N. Keeler

300

True or False: Esperanza's character is the author?

True, in many ways the author places snippets of her life into the story and especially the character
400

METAPHOR:  Esperanza says, "I am a red _______________." 

BALLOON
400

Why does Cathy say her family needs to move?

Because to her and family they feel the neighborhood is getting bad.

400

Esperanza's first "friend" who moves away.

Who is Cathy called "Queen of cats"?

400

Where did the author live before she moved to San Miguel Dellande Mexico?

What San Antonio, Texas in the King William District?

400

Short scenes that focus on a character.  Sometimes, it feels like you are reading a poem, and this is how the book is divided.

What is vignette?

500

PERSONIFICATION:   Esperanza describes her house as having "___________________  so small you'd think they were holding their breath." 

WINDOWS
500

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

Becuase she sat by the window each day, as she was stolen by the grandfather and never did all the things she dreamed of.

500

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

Who is Mama? Esperanza's mother.

500

Before writing Vignettes the author wrote?  ___________

What is Poetry

500

The year that The House on Mango Street was published.

What is 1984?