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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tito’s mother doing when Esperanza goes to her house?
(a) Ironing shirts.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Mowing the lawn.

2. What does one of the aunts tell Esperanza?
(a) “You will always be Mango Street.”
(b) “Life is short. Get out of Mango Street.”
(c) “You will have too many children to have a job.”
(d) “You will never finish school.”

3. How much does Esperanza pay Elenita?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) 7 dollars.
(c) 8 dollars.
(d) She does not pay Elenita anything.

4. How does Esperanza describe the siren archetype in movies?
(a) As beautiful, cruel – and powerful.
(b) As tall, Amazonian, and beautiful.
(c) As pathetic, but beautiful.
(d) As blond and blue-eyed.

5. What are Alicia and Esperanza talking about in this vignette?
(a) They are talking about how many children they should have.
(b) They are planning a plot to run away from home.
(c) Esperanza wants a home that she’s proud of, a home that is far away from Mango Street.
(d) They are talking about boys they like at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita won’t come down from her apartment?

2. Who does Esperanza notice watching her when she crosses the street?

3. Where does Esperanza want her house?

4. Who comes to visit Rachel and Lucy’s family?

5. What is Esperanza’s mother’s advice for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita is sad?

2. Why does Esperanza’s father call Sire a punk?

3. Why does Esperanza feel a special kinship with the trees outside her window?

4. Who is Geraldo?

5. How does the phrase “no speak English” take on two meanings at the end of this vignette?

6. Why did Marin stay with him in the emergency room?

7. How does Sally defy her parents?

8. Why can’t Esperanza, her mother, and other neighbors and kids agree on what Earl’s “wife” looks like?

9. Esperanza has her fortune told, and Elenita tells her that she sees a “home in the heart”. What could this mean for Esperanza’s future?

10. What is Esperanza hoping to hear when she has her fortune told?

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