3. Where does Esperanza want to eat lunch?
(a) At home with her mother.
(b) In her favorite teacher’s classroom.
(c) The canteen at school.
(d) At Lucy and Rachel’s house.

4. Louie is the oldest of ___________?
(a) Two children.
(b) Ten children.
(c) A family of brothers.
(d) A family of little sisters.

5. What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?
(a) Drinks tequila.
(b) She sews baby clothing.
(c) She stands under the streetlights smoking and listening to the radio.
(d) She cooks and makes lunches for all of the kids the following day.

6. Who gets Esperanza a job?
(a) Uncle Nacho.
(b) Her Aunt Lala.
(c) Mama.
(d) Papa.

7. Where does Esperanza’s family go?
(a) To a Quinceañera.
(b) To a party after her cousin’s baptism.
(c) To a funeral.
(d) To a wedding.

8. Who built the house that Meme lives in?
(a) Louie.
(b) Cathy’s father.
(c) Edna’s husband.
(d) Louie’s father.

9. What is the “little one’s” name?
(a) Ruthie.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Nenny.

10. Who lives below Meme in a basement apartment?
(a) Lucy and Rachel.
(b) Louie’s family.
(c) Edna and Ruthie.
(d) Joe, the baby grabber.

11. 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) Angry, they were evicted from their last house.
(c) Ashamed of the level of poverty that they live in.
(d) Dissatisfied. It is better than the rest, but only temporary.

12. What do they spend the afternoon doing?
(a) Teasing the boys.
(b) Soaking beans for dinner.
(c) Eating candy and talking about boys.
(d) Riding the bicycle all at once.

13. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?
(a) Different types of clouds.
(b) Different words for poor.
(c) Different types of beans.
(d) Different words for “brat”.

14. From where have the two girls just moved?
(a) Florida.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Texas.
(d) Arizona.

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