Characters
Dreams/Goals
Esperanza
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character's pt. 2
100

The main character 

Esperanza 

100

What is everyone's dream who lives in the House of Mango Street?

To move out

100

How many sisters did she have?

Three sisters

100

Who teaches Esperanza how to walk in heels?

Rachel

100

Who is sick from a disease that made her legs bunched under the yellow sheets and the bones gone limp as worms

Aunt Lupe

200

A Girl who sees mice at night

Alicia

200

She dances under the streetlight, dancing by herself, waiting for the miracle of a man changing her life?

Marin

200

What does Esperanza’s name mean in English?

Hope

200

Esperanza give Cathy five dollars for what

Two new friends and a bike

200

Who tells Esperanza and her friends that their shoes are too dangerous

Mr. Benny

300

The girl with eyes like Egypt and nylons the color of smoke?

Sally

300

She wants to move out of Mango Street by education and getting a good job

Alicia 

300

Who were Esperanza’s best friends?

Lucy and rachel

300

What type of shoes was Esperanza given?

A pair of lemon shoes, one red and one pair of dancing shoes that used to be white, but now a pale blue

300

Who chases girls with firecrackers or stick that touched a rat and thinks he’s tough

Darius

400

A jukebox repairman and learnt his trade from the South?

Earl

400

She dreams that her hair was like Rapunzels?

Rafaela

400

Why’d Esperanza move to House on Mango Street?

The water pipes broke, and the landlord wouldn’t fix them because the house was too old

400

Where was Esperanza grabbed with both hands and kissed. 

At her first job

400

Who helped Esperanza find a job at the Peter Pan photo finishers on North Broadway

Aunt Lala

500

She’s tiny and pretty and smells like baby skin?

Lois

500

She wants to marry and move out even though she's so young

Sally

500

Where’d esperanza live right before moving to Mango street?

Loomis on the third floor

500

Who does Esperanza talk to that makes her promise not to tell anybody she’s getting married and going back to P.R.

Marin

500

Who wore green pants and a Saturday shirt who got in an accident due to a hit-and-run. 

Geraldo