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The House on Mango Street Test Review
Quiz by Kimberly Richardson
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We know Esperanza feels comforted by her mother by Esperanza's description of her mother's __________.
Esperanza is responsible for ___________________.
When the nun from school asks Esperanza if she lives "there," the nun's tone is one of ___________. (Note the italics.)
How does the excited and playful tone of "Louie, His Cousin, & His Other Cousin" differ from the reality of the plot of the story?
When Nenny agrees that the house does look like Mexico in "Laughter," the reader can sense
Why does Cathy seem to dislike Rachel and Lucy? (From "Our Good Day")
What is synesthesia?
How are Esperanza and Alicia alike?
What is a simile?
How are Marin and Esperanza different?
Why does Mr. Benny warn the girls about their high heels?
What change happens to Esperanza in "Chanclas"
When Esperanza says Nenny "is a world we don't belong to anymore," she is saying Nenny is still ________________.
What is personification?
Which vignette shows that immigrants are often treated unfairly by society?
How does the beginning of "The First Job" contrast with the ending (Esperanza getting assaulted at work)?
Esperanza's reaction to her father crying for the first time in "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark" reveals the theme of _____________________.
What is a similarity between Ruthie and Esperanza?
To Esperanza, the trees in "Four Skinny Trees" represent _________________________.
A theme in "No Speak English" is _________________________ .
How are Sally and Rafaela similar?
What is Sally's family life like?
What is a theme present in "Bums in the Attic"?
What is a MOTIF (image, symbol, etc. repeated) regarding women in the book?
Esperanza's family's feelings about a "real" house show the theme of _____________________.
The vignette "Those Who Don't" is largely about __________________________.
What is an allusion?
How does Esperanza feel about Marin?
What is the definition of personification?
What happens in the final vignette of the book?
Where is one setting in which Esperanza begins to lose her innocence?
Who does Esperanza says "lied"?
How do the three sisters differ from Elenita?
The three sisters help Esperanza to _____________________.
According to "Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps," who will improve Mango Street?
In "A House of My Own," Esperanza imagines her
The novel opens and closes with the same lines: "We didn't always live on Mango Street. . . " What is the effect of this repetition?
What is Esperanza's attitude about Mango Street in the closing vignette?
What is ironic (when the opposite of expectations occur) about Sally's marriage?
What does the events in "What Sally Said" show that abuse is accepted in Esperanza's community?
What is the irony of Sally's father's abuse?
In "Beautiful and Cruel," Esperanza's inner conflict is
What significant realization does Esperanza come to at the end of "Bums in the Attic"?
