The House on Mango Street Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The House on Mango Street Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esperanza’s name mean in English?
(a) Faith.
(b) Hope.
(c) Constance.
(d) Patience.

2. How does Esperanza feel about the house on Mango Street?
(a) Satisfied. They are so happy to be in a home of their own.
(b) Dissatisfied. It is better than the rest, but only temporary.
(c) Angry, they were evicted from their last house.
(d) Ashamed of the level of poverty that they live in.

3. Someday she says she’ll tell all of her secrets to whom?
(a) Her Aunt Lupe.
(b) Her sister, Nenny.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her best friend.

4. What is Esperanza comparing in her family?
(a) Their feet.
(b) Their teeth.
(c) Their laughter.
(d) Their hair.

5. Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?
(a) Aunt Lupe.
(b) Esperanza’s Mama.
(c) Esperanza’s papa.
(d) Uncle Nacho.

6. How many steps are in the front of Meme’s house?
(a) 41.
(b) 32.
(c) 21.
(d) 10.

7. What is the main topic of the first vignette?
(a) Boys.
(b) Puberty.
(c) Moving.
(d) Poverty.

8. Darius believes that one cloud looks like __________?
(a) A flag.
(b) An eagle.
(c) God.
(d) A cross.

9. What did Esperanza’s family buy from Gil’s Furniture?
(a) A freezer.
(b) An oven.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A couch.

10. Who wins the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Meme.
(c) Titus.
(d) Sally.

11. Who has too many kids?
(a) Louie’s mother.
(b) Rosa Vargas.
(c) Meme Ortiz.
(d) Marin.

12. What does Kiki have hair like?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Quills.
(d) Fur.

13. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?
(a) A tree.
(b) A house.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A cloud.

14. Who is too young to be her friend?
(a) Nenny, her younger sister.
(b) Lucy, the neighbor girl.
(c) Kiki, her brother.
(d) Titus, the neighbor boy.

15. What is Meme’s real name?
(a) Edna.
(b) Juan.
(c) Louie.
(d) Carlos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Esperanza’s family go?

2. What has made Esperanza’s mother sick, or so she thinks?

3. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?

4. What do the girls find in this vignette?

5. From where have the two girls just moved?

(see the answer keys)

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