Characters
Who is narrating the story?
Esperanza
Esperanza
Hope
How do the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street
They get married
Why does Esperanza’s papa "wake up tired in the dark"
He had to inform her that her abuelito had passed
Who is the author of the story?
BONUS: Double or Nothing
What is the authors ethnicity?
Sandra Cisneros
Mexican-American
What is Nennys real name?
Magdalena
Chanclas
Sandals
Name the two characters that are imprisoned by the men in their lives.
Sally & Rafaela
Who said "If you don't get them (hips) you may turn into a man"
BONUS: Double or Nothing
Name another reason hips are useful for and who said it.
Nenny
"Good for holding a baby when you’re cooking"→ Rachel
"You need them to dance"→ Lucy
"Hips are scientific… it’s the bones that let you know which skeleton was a man’s when it was a man and which a woman’s"→ Esperanza
In what city does the story take place?
Chicago
Who was Esperanza named after?
Her great grand-mother
Abuelit@
Grandparent
What is the place that becomes a symbol of magic and freedom for the neighborhood children.
BONUS: Double or Nothing
What happened at this place that made it seem not so good?
The Monkey Garden
Tito and his friends stole Sally's keys, and made her kiss them to get them back.
Esperanza says that on Mango Street, the people are "all this all around," and are therefore safe.
Brown
According to Esperanza, what does her name mean in Spanish?
"In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."
Who was sick “from the disease that would not go”
Aunt Lupe
Frijoles
BONUS: Double or Nothing
Name another food commonly eaten in Mexican Culture.
Beans
Tacos, Enchiladas, Tortas, Pozole, Tamales, etc.
What do the four trees teach Esperanza?
The trees teach her not to forget her reason for being. They inspire her because they have grown despite the concrete that tries to keep them in the ground.
Who "doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin?"
Alicia
What literary technique is being used when Esperanza says "my Porch, and my Pillow, and my Pretty, Purple Petunias?"
Alliteration
Name one of the options Esperanza says she would've preferred her name to be?
BONUS: Double or Nothing
Name all three options.
Lisandra, Maritza, or Zeze the X
Comadre/ Compadre
The term used between parents and godparents of a child
Name one reason Esperanza thinks she's going to hell?
She was born on an evil day & because of what Lucy, Rachel, and her did to Aunt Lupe. (They made fun of Aunt Lupe by pretending to be sick like her, and imitating her on the day she died.
What do the three sisters tell Esperanza at Rachel and Lucy's sibling's funeral?
"When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can't erase what you know. You can't forget who you are."
Approximately how many vignettes are there in the novel?
*As long as you are within 3 digits of the correct number*
44