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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Esperanza go to the fortune-teller?
(a) To see if her mama gets better.
(b) To see how long she will live.
(c) She wants to know about her future house.
(d) She wants to know how many children she will have.

2. What does Sally do before she goes home?
(a) Meditates.
(b) She straightens her skirt and rubs her makeup off of her eyes.
(c) Covers her hair with her headscarf.
(d) Brushes her teeth.

3. What point of view is The House on Mango Street written?
(a) Third – limited.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Third – omniscient.

4. Who does Esperanza compare Rafaela to?
(a) Rapunzel.
(b) Sleeping Beauty.
(c) Sally.
(d) Cinderella.

5. What does Elenita tell Esperanza?
(a) That her mama is really ill.
(b) That she will have a home in her heart.
(c) That she will not graduate from school.
(d) That she will have 6 children.

6. What/who goes with Earl everywhere?
(a) His son.
(b) His red-tailed macaw.
(c) Two little black dogs.
(d) His wife.

7. What does Esperanza promise to never forget?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Angel Vargas.
(c) Who she is or where she came from.
(d) Sally's sadness.

8. What does Rafaela’s husband do on Tuesday nights?
(a) Play poker.
(b) Visit the local saloon.
(c) Play dominoes.
(d) Play basketball.

9. Where does Sally get married?
(a) In a park.
(b) In a state that allows girls to get married before the eighth grade.
(c) In Las Vegas.
(d) In the local church.

10. What does Esperanza imagine Sally enjoys doing?
(a) Looking at the seemingly “perfect” items in her home.
(b) Tending to her babies.
(c) Reading and relaxing all day.
(d) Cooking.

11. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita won’t come down from her apartment?
(a) Esperanza believes she is afraid to speak English.
(b) She is too sick to leave.
(c) She doesn’t like Mango Street.
(d) Her baby is too sick to leave.

12. What can’t Esperanza’s mother do despite living in the city all her life?
(a) Find her way to the art museum.
(b) Read a map.
(c) Take the bus home from the grocery store.
(d) She doesn’t know how to take the subway train downtown.

13. What happened to the monkey?
(a) The owners moved away and took the monkey with them.
(b) It died.
(c) It was stolen from the owners.
(d) It ran away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to get Sally when she’s staying with Esperanza’s family?

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

3. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to drive to the nice neighborhoods on Sundays anymore?

4. When does Earl work?

5. What is Rafaela’s husband afraid of?

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