Family
Neighbors
Places
Literary Devices
Grammar
100

Esperanza’s abuelito passes away. What does abuelito mean?

Grandfather

100

What are the names of the two girls who ask Esperanza to chip in to buy a bike and share the hand-me-down high heels (must have both names)?

Rachel and Lucy

100

What is the place Esperanza is most ashamed of?

The House on Mango Street

100

“Two girls raggedy as rats” is an example of which literary device?

Simile

100

“Not a flat. Not an apartment in back. Not a man’s house. A house all my own. With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias. My books and my stories. My two shoes waiting beside the bed. Nobody to shake a stick at. Nobody’s garbage to pick up after.”

All of the sentences above are examples of which?  

A. Independent clauses

B. Fragments

C. Run-ons

B. Fragments

200

Name one of Esperanza's siblings.

Carlos, Kiki, or Nenny

200

What is the name of the man who dies because he can’t see a doctor soon enough?

Geraldo

200

What is the local hangout for Esperanza's friends and the closest thing to a playground that the kids have?

The Monkey Garden

200

"A house all my own. With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias. My books and my stories. My two shoes waiting beside the bed," is an example of which literary device?

Repetition

200

“Hurray! Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly…” In the previous quotation, “we” is what part of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, etc.)?

Pronoun

300

What does the name "Esperanza" mean in English?

Hope

300

Who does Esperanza accuse of lying to her?

Sally

300

Where did Esperanza's family immigrate from?

Mexico

300

Esperanza primarily uses this literary device to explain how the four skinny trees teach her to be determined and inspire her to keep on going and surviving.

Personification

300

“Hurray! Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly…” In the previous quotation, “Hurray” is what part of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, etc.)?

Interjection

400

Esperanza's mother says she quit school because she was ashamed she didn't have this

Nice clothes

400

Who is the girl who works hard to get an education, even though her father disapproves of it?

Alicia

400

Where was Esperanza sexually assaulted?

The Carnival

400

“… who is tired all the time from buttoning and bottling and babying” is an example of which literary device?

Alliteration

400

“Today we are Cinderella because our feet fit exactly, and we laugh at Rachel’s one foot with a girl’s grey sock and a lady’s high heel” is an example of which comma rule?

IC, cc IC

500

This is the body part that Esperanza describes to introduce us to each of her family members.

Hair

500

Who is the man who brings home a different woman every time?

The Earl of Tennessee

500

Name ONE of the streets Esperanza lived on before Mango Street.

Keeler, Loomis, or Paulina

500

Cisneros uses the houses on the hill to represent the better life Esperanza wants, but can’t have. When one thing is used to represent another, it is this literary device.

Symbolism or Metaphor

500

The following is an example of which comma rule: “…but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don’t like their women strong”?

,Non,