House on Mango Street 1-4

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House on Mango Street 1-4

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Multiple Choice

Boys and Girls
In this chapter, what does the Narrator want to have someday?

She wants to have a husband and five children.

She wants to have a bedroom of her own.

She wants to have a best friend.

She wants to have a college education.

Multiple Choice

My Name
What is the narrator's name, and what does it mean in English and Spanish?

It is Blance. In English it means "white." In Spanish it means "pure."

It is "Esperanza." In English it means "hope." In Spanish it means "too many letters."

Multiple Choice

What does Esperanza mean by the quote, “she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow.”

She means that women are forced to sit and ‘watch’ life go by without living their own dreams. They have to do what is expected of them.

She means that her great-grandmother loved to look outside and see her children playing. If one of then got hurt, then she felt really sad.

She means that she really wanted to be free, but her family kept her inside all day to look out the window.

Multiple Choice

What does the narrator mean when she says, “Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor?

She is saying that she, unlike her brothers, has a lot of responsibilities. She is not as free and independent as Carlos and Kiki, at least until Nenny is old enough to be mature.

She believes that she is made of rubber and can be filled with helium and float into the sky.

Here, she is implying that her parents hate her because she is a girl and they won’t let her do anything like Carlos and Kiki.

Multiple Choice

Vignette: Boys and Girls
What does the narrator say about the relationship between boys and girls? What evidence does she provide to support this idea?

When the narrator says that “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds”(pg.8), she is implying that the girls live on one planet and the boys live on a better planet.

On page 8, the narrator says, “the boys and the girls live in separate worlds.” She implies that they exist in two different societies; they live by two sets of rules—rules that give men and boys more freedom and independence than women and girls.

On page 8, the narrator says that “the boys in their universe and we in ours” which means they do not like to play with her and Nenny because they are different.

Multiple Choice

What common traits does Esperanza share with Nenny, and how does she distinguish herself from Nenny?

They have age in common

They laugh the same

They are different ages

One laughs a lot and one is very serious

Multiple Choice

Who has the most beautiful hair?

Papa's hair, like a broom.

Mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly.

Carlos' hair, thick and straight.

Nenny''s hair, slippery.

Multiple Choice

longs for a friend she can tell secrets to

Cathy

Mama

Marin

Esperanza

Multiple Choice

How was the house on Mango Street different from the other houses the family had lived in?

It was the largest house they had ever lived in.

The government was paying for it.

It was their own house.

It was the first two-story house they had lived in.

Multiple Choice

Was the house on Mango Street a place she wanted to call home?

No. The house on Mango Street reminded her of the homes on Loomis, Keeler, and Paulina.

Yes. The house on Mango Street was the “house Papa talked about when he held a lottery ticket and this was the house Mama dreamed up in the stories she told us before we went to bed” (pg. 4).

No. The house on Mango Street was a disappointment because it is not big and fancy at all, and all six family members have to share a bedroom.

Yes. The house on Mango Street was theirs. They did not have to “pay rent to anybody, or share a yard with the people downstairs, or be careful not to make too much noise…” (pg.3).

Multiple Choice

Vignette: The House on Mango Street

One of the major themes, home, is introduced in vignette one, what does the narrator feel about home?

Home is awesome.

Home is the place that she escapes from the outside world.

Home is her dream.

Home is a place that makes her feel safe, secure, comfortable and sometimes disappointed.

Multiple Choice

True or False: The narrator says Nenny is her best friend.

True

False

Multiple Choice

Which sentence does NOT describe the house on Mango Street?

It is large and blue

Some of the bricks are crumbling.

There is no front yard.

There is one bedroom and one bathroom.

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