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Characters
Plot/Setting
Author Information
Themes
Writing
100
What character is Esperanza named after?
great-grandmother
100
What is the name of the street that Esperanza's new house is on?
Mango Street
100
Who wrote the House on Mango Street?
Sandra Cisneros
100
Esperanza describes boys and girls as living in separate_________.
worlds
100
What is the name of a comparison using like or as?
simile
200
What two characters were born during the Chinese year of the horse?
Esperanza and her great-grandmother
200
What broke in Esperanza's old house that the landlord would not fix?
the pipes
200
What did the author refer to as a cross between short stories and poems, or writing that is very short yet intimate?
vignettes
200
Why was Esperanza's great-grandmother compared to a horse?
She was independent, free, and wild before becoming married.
200
What is the name of a comparison that does not use like or as?
metaphor
300
Who pointed to Esperanza's old house and exclaimed: "You live there?"
a nun
300
What building is robbed?
a laundromat
300
The author stated that she felt both American and ____________, with regards to her nationality.
Mexican
300
What object does Esperanza compare herself to in the vignette Boys and Girls?
red balloon
300
Bing, bam, smack, are all examples of?
onomatopoeia
400
Who are the children in Esperanza's neighborhood that are bad news, or often in trouble?
Vargas kids
400
When Esperanza's father shaves on Sundays what type of music does he listen to, or what country is it from?
Mexican
400
Name one vignette that we have read in class, other than "The House on Mango Street" that the author wrote.
My Name Hairs Boys and Girls
400
Why would Esperanza compare her mother's hair to bread, besides the fact that her mother bakes?
Her mother comforts her Her mother does not have the same rights as men
400
What is the name of figurative language in which human qualities are given to something non-human?
personification
500
Name all of Esperanza's siblings and correctly identify each one. Example: John-brother
Carlos and Kiki (brothers) Nenny (younger sister)
500
What street did Esperanza live on directly before Mango Street?
Loomis Street
500
In which major American city was the author born?
Chicago
500
What is the name of the stereotypical system discussed in class in which the men earn money for the family and the wife stays home to cook and clean?
Bread winning system
500
What should be restated in the conclusion of a persuasive essay?
thesis