Characters
The woman who is afraid to assimilate and refuses to learn English.
Who is Mamacita?
The city and state where the novel takes place.
The person who wrote the book.
What is the author?
Esperanza compares herself to a balloon tied to this.
What is an anchor?
When Elenita tells Esperanza her fortune, she tells her that sometime in the future, she will have this:
What is a "home in the heart?"
This boy is selling a bicycle and talks to Sally in The Monkey Garden.
Who is Tito?
The country Esperanza's family originated from.
What is Mexico?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile.
The three sisters compare Esperanza's life to this and tell her she must remember this.
What is a circle and "to come back for the others."
His hair is "like a broom."
Who is Papa?
The name of Esperanza's sister.
What is Nenny?
The place where Esperanza and her friends like to spend time and play games.
What is the Monkey Garden?
A person in a story.
What is a character?
She tells Esperanza, "if you give me five dollars, I'll be your friend forever."
Who is Rachel?
The number of people in Esperanza's family.
What is six?
The names of Esperanza's two brothers.
What are Carlos and Kiki?
The place where Esperanza meets the three sisters.
What is Lucy and Rachel's house?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
She is shocked when Esperanza tells her she lives in the house on Loomis Street.
Who is the nun walking by?
Esperanza says that her name means this in Spanish.
What is too many letters?
She is described as a horse of a woman.
Who is Esperanza's great-grandmother?
The name of the street that inspired Mango Street?
What is N. Campbell Ave?
What is setting?
This character tells Esperanza that her grandfather has died.
Who is Papa?
What is a "pile of dishes breaking."