Characters
The meaning of Esperanza's name in English. (+200 points if you also know what Esperanza says the meaning of her name is in Spanish!)
Hope (English) & Sadness (Spanish)
The local hangout for Esperanza's friends, and the closest thing to a playground that the kids have.
The Monkey Garden.
What literary device is used in the quote "clean as paper before the poem" (108)?
Simile (comparison of two unrelated things using like or as)
Near the beginning of the novel, Esperanza compares herself to a balloon tied to this.
"an anchor"
What is the name of Esperanza's first crush? (+200 points if you can name her crush's girlfriend too!)
Sire & Lois
Name the girl who works hard to go college, even though her father disapproves of it and thinks she should stay home to cook and watch the children.
Alicia
What is the main emotion that Esperanza feels toward her house on Mango Street throughout most of the novel?
Best answer: Shame
Other acceptable answer: Embarrassment
What literary device is used in the quote, "With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias" (108)? (+100 points if you can name the chapter that this line is from!)
Alliteration (repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of words)
What is the fortune that Esperanza receives from Elenita, the witch woman?
"a home in the heart?"
When visiting her sick aunt, what did Esperanza often do with her? (+200 points if you know her aunt's name!)
Read stories/books and poems
Aunt Lupe (Guadalupe)
Name at least three characters who feel trapped in their houses/lives because of the men in their lives.
Rafaela, Sally, Minerva, Mamacita, Esperanza's great-grandmother (any three).
In the chapter "The Family of Little Feet", what do Esperanza, Rachel, and Lucy do that supports the coming of age theme?
-Wear high heels to feel/look older
-Receive attention from boys
What literary device is used in the quote, "Mango says goodbye sometimes. She does not hold me with both arms. She sets me free" (110)?
Personification (A metaphor that gives human qualities to objects)
What advice do the three sisters give to Esperanza? They repeatedly tell her she must remember to what?
"To come back for the others"
In the chapter "And Some More", what is the main topic of conversation among Esperanza, Nenny, Rachel, and Lucy?
Clouds
The woman who tells Esperanza that shame is a negative feeling that prevented her from getting an education.
Mama (Esperanza's mother)
Name two characteristics of a coming-of-age novel.
-main character's life from childhood to adulthood
-the character shows change or growth over time
What TWO literary devices are used in the quote, “as if he just heard the news himself, crumples like a coat and cries, my brave papa cries. I have never seen my Papa cry…” (56).
Repetition (use of words/phrases two or more times for emphasis) & Simile (comparison of two unrelated things using like or as)
Sally says that she got married because she is in love, but Esperanza says she thinks Sally did it for what reason?
"to escape"
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.
In the chapter "Beautiful and Cruel", Esperanza says she has begun her own quiet ____.
"war"
What is the name of the style of writing that Cisneros uses throughout this novel? (+200 points if you can spell it correctly!)
Vignette
Esperanza refuses to go on Sunday drives with her family to see the big houses on the hill because she says she's tired of looking at what?
"what she can't have."
What animal does Esperanza compare her great-grandmother to?
A wild horse