House on Mango Street 22-44

Question 1

What does Esperanza realize after the death of her grandfather?

Accepted Answer

How much her father means to her.

Question 2

What line foreshadows what happens to Esperanza at the carnival in "Red Clowns"?

Accepted Answer

"I didn't want it Sally."

Question 3

What does Esperanza mean by "I have decided not to grow up tame like the others..."?

Accepted Answer

She will find her own power and use it., She will not be controlled by men.

Question 4

What made Marin very upset?

Accepted Answer

She danced with someone who then died., She realized the fleetness of life.

Question 5

What does Esperanza's sick aunt tell her about writing?

Accepted Answer

That it will make her free., To keep writing.

Question 6

Which message does the author most want to convey in "Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes"?

Accepted Answer

Esperanza will be free to leave and return.

Question 7

Why has Esperanza stopped joining her family on their Sunday outings?

Accepted Answer

She is ashamed.

Question 8

How does Esperanza compare herself to the "skinny trees"?

Accepted Answer

They do not forget to reach for the sky., They send their roots down deep in anger and strength.

Question 9

What advice do the three sisters give to Esperanza?

Accepted Answer

To remember to come back for the others.

Question 10

Why do you think Mamacita starts crying when her baby boy starts talking?

Accepted Answer

His first words are in English.

Question 11

How is Ruthie different from the other characters?

Accepted Answer

She may be mentally ill.

Question 12

From what point of view is The House on Mango Street?

Accepted Answer

First person

Question 13

"Pretty purple petunias" is an example of what literary device?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 14

What kinds of things does Esperanza's mother know how to do?

Accepted Answer

She can sing an opera and fix a TV.

Question 15

Which of the following does NOT happen on Esperanza's first day of work.

Accepted Answer

She talked and joked in the lunchroom.

Question 16

What information in "Minerva Writes Poems" helps you clearly infer that her husband is abusive?

Accepted Answer

"Next week she comes over black and blue..."

Question 17

What in "Sire" shows that Esperanza is growing up?

Accepted Answer

She feels an unexplained excitement around Sire.

Question 18

What conflict does Esperanza face in "The Monkey Garden"?

Accepted Answer

She feels betrayed by her friend., The innocence of the garden has been lost.

Question 19

The quotation "their high black gym shoes ran" from "Red Clowns" is an example of...

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 20

Which line from "The Earl of Tennessee" is NOT a simile?

Accepted Answer

...open with a sigh and lets out a breath of mold...

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