Esperanza
The translation of the protagonist's name, Esperanza.
What is Hope
Esperanza's little sister
Who is Nenny
Esperanza's best friends
Who are Rachel and Lucy?
Who Esperanza's mother is referring to when she says "Look at my "comadres"
What are family friends?
What Rachel, Lucy, and Esperanza purchased together
What is a bike?
The character who does not speak English
Who is Mamacita?
These hand-me-down items Esperanza and her friends receive from a neighbor garner unwanted attention.
What are high-heeled shoes?
This character is described as beautiful and too exotic for Mango Street, ultimately staying in the cruel cycle of abuse in her family.
Who is Sally?
Papa, Mama, Carlos, Kiki, Esperanza and Nenny
Who are the members of Esperanza's household?
Certainly a place no banana would want to go, this place becomes a symbol of magic and freedom for the neighborhood children.
What is the Monkey Garden?
How the girls in Esperanza's neighborhood often try to escape their lives, or escape Mango Street.
What is getting married?
This was in Esperanza's sandwich the day she ate in the canteen at school.
What is cold rice?
Esperanza's friend who writes poetry
Who is Minerva?
Esperanza's older friend who values education because she "doesn't want to spend her whole life in a factory or behind a rolling pin"
Who is Alicia?