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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the winner?
(a) Their mother grounded them.
(b) They got to ride the bike for a week.
(c) They broke both arms.
(d) They won a bag of candy.

3. 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.

4. How do Nenny and Esperanza resemble each other?
(a) They have the same laughter.
(b) They have the same fat Popsicle lips.
(c) They are the same height.
(d) They have the same thick hair.

5. What is The House on Mango Street a collection of?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Poems.
(c) Vignettes.
(d) Articles.

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

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

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

9. How does she feel when she drives into another neighborhood of “another color”?
(a) Happy.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Scared.

10. How many siblings does Esperanza have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

12. How many days does it take Esperanza to convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

13. What does Marin do for work to earn money?
(a) She sells Avon and babysits.
(b) She cleans houses.
(c) She tutors children after school.
(d) She works as a clerk at the grocery store.

14. The beginning of this vignette begins as what?
(a) A poem.
(b) An article from the newspaper.
(c) A made up story by Esperanza about the family with little feet.
(d) A dream of Esperanza’s.

15. Why does Marin live with Louie’s family?
(a) She is an orphan.
(b) She is homeless and has nowhere to go.
(c) Her own family is in Puerto Rico.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cathy believe she is a descendent of?

2. Who gets Esperanza a job?

3. What does Esperanza have to lie about when she shows up on her first day at her new job?

4. When was The House on Mango Street published?

5. Darius believes that one cloud looks like __________?

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