Esperanza
The Basics
Mango Street
Family
100

Who is the narrator of the text?

Who is... Esperanza

100

Where does Esperanza live?

What is...The House on Mango Street

100

What kind of house did Esperanza live in?

What is... a rundown house with windows boarded up; small house 

100

How many people lived with Esperanza including her?

What is... 6

"by the time we got to Mango Street we were six-- Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, my sister Nenny and me"

200

Why does Esperanza share her poems with Minerva and talk with her?

What is...she relates to Esperanza(same life, but she is married with two children)

200

Name one title of a chapter in pages: 84-91

What is... 

1. Minerva Writes Poems

2. Bums in the Attic

3. Beautiful & Cruel

4. A Smart Cookie

200

According to the text, how old did the narrator say Minerva was?

What is... "A little older than me"

200

Where does Esperanza and her family go on Sundays?

What is... a house on a hill with the gardens.

"I want a house on a hill like the ones with the gardens where Papa works."

300

What does Esperanza say when Minerva comes over black and blue?

What is..."There is nothing I can do"

300

Who does Esperanza let read her poems?

Who is... Minerva 

"She lets me read her poems. I let her read mine."

300

According to the text, what did Esperanza say she would offer Bums when passing?

What is...the attic

300

What does Nenny say about Esperanza not going with the family on Sundays?

What is..."Getting too stuck up"