Vignettes
What is the title of the first vignette in The House on Mango Street?
What is "The House on Mango Street"?
What is it called when Esperanza says her name means “hope” in English but in Spanish it means “too many letters”?
What is symbolism?
What does Cisneros directly say about Esperanza’s great-grandmother in “My Name”?
What is she was a wild, horse-woman who wouldn’t marry until she was dragged into it?
What can we infer about Esperanza from the way she reacts to her new house?
What is that she is disappointed and dreams of something better?
What nationality is Sandra Cisneros?
What is Mexican-American?
In which vignette does Esperanza talk about her name and its meaning?
What is “My Name”?
In “Hairs,” the line “my mother’s hair, like little rosettes” is an example of what?
What is a simile?
What is directly stated about Nenny (Esperanza’s sister)?
What is that she is pretty and doesn’t understand Esperanza’s jokes?
How does Esperanza show her maturity in “Four Skinny Trees”?
What is she relates to the trees, showing her depth and awareness?
What genre is The House on Mango Street?
What is a coming-of-age novella
What happens in the vignette “Hairs”?
What is Esperanza describes her family through their hair?
Esperanza says the trees “speak to each other” in the vignette “Four Skinny Trees.” What device is this?
What is personification?
How is Esperanza’s father characterized when her grandfather dies?
What is that he cried and looked weak, showing a different side of him?
What does Sally’s behavior with boys say about her character?
What is she uses attention to escape her strict home life and feels trapped?
What inspired Sandra Cisneros to write The House on Mango Street?
What is her own experiences growing up in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago?
Which vignette describes Esperanza’s first job and an uncomfortable moment with an older man?
What is “The First Job”?
The metaphor “my mother's hair... is the warm smell of bread before you bake it” compares hair to what?
What is fresh bread or comfort?
How is Sally described physically in “Sally”?
What is she has eyes like Egypt and wears makeup at school?
What can be inferred about Alicia from her dedication to school?
What is she is ambitious and wants to escape through education?
What is one major theme Cisneros explores in her work beyond this novel?
What is cultural identity or self-expression?
What do the three sisters tell Esperanza at the end of the book?
What is that she must come back for the others after she leaves Mango Street?
In “The Family of Little Feet,” Esperanza says wearing high heels made them feel “like Cinderella.” What kind of figurative language is this?
What is an allusion?
What is said directly about Marin in her vignette?
What is she wears dark nylons and lots of makeup, and is waiting for a man to change her life?
What does Esperanza’s desire for a house “not on Mango Street” reveal about her?
What is she is independent, determined, and wants to break the cycle of poverty?
What writing style is Cisneros best known for in this book?
What is vignettes?