Characters
The woman who is afraid to assimilate and refuses to learn English.
Mamacita
The city and state where the novel takes place.
Chicago, Illinois
The person who wrote the book. (Bonus: What is her name?)
Author; Sandra Cisneros
Esperanza compares herself to a balloon tied to this (this is from the homework)
Anchor
When Elenita tells Esperanza her fortune, she tells her that sometime in the future, she will have this:
A home in the heart
Who had laughs like a pile of dishes breaking?
Nenny and Esperanza
The country Esperanza's family originated from.
Mexico
A comparison using like or as.
A simile
The three sisters compare Esperanza's life to this and tell her she must remember this.
A circle and "to come back for the others."
His hair is "like a broom."
The name of Esperanza's sister.
Nenny (or Magdelena)
The place where Esperanza and her friends like to spend time and play games (from the homework!)
Monkey Garden
What do you call the person in the story?
Character
She tells Esperanza, "If you give me five dollars, I'll be your friend forever."
Rachel
The number of people in Esperanza's family.
6
Who does Esperanza describe as having pincurls like rosettes?
Mama
The place where Esperanza meets the three sisters.
Lucy and Rachel's house
The sequence of events in a story (in other words, what do you call what happens in the story?)
Plot
This person is shocked when Esperanza tells her she lives in the house on Loomis Street (Hint: she was also Esperanza's third grade teacher)
The nun walking by
Esperanza says that her name means this in Spanish.
What is too many letters (or muddy, sound of sobbing, number 9)
She is described as a horse of a woman.
Esperanza's great-grandmother
The name of the original avenue that inspired Mango Street? (Hint: Sandra Cisneros didn't want people to think of soup when they read her book!)
Where the story happens
Setting
This character tells Esperanza that her abuelito has died.
Papa
When Esperanza and Nenny laugh, Esperanza says it sounds like this:
A pile of dishes breaking