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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Earl live?
(a) In Edna’s basement apartment.
(b) With Rosa Vargas.
(c) With Edna and Ruthie.
(d) With Louie’s family.

2. When does Earl work?
(a) In the morning.
(b) He does not work.
(c) During the day.
(d) At night.

3. Which adult likes to play with children?
(a) Sally.
(b) Ruthie.
(c) Edna.
(d) Gil.

4. What does Esperanza’s papa call Sire?
(a) A punk.
(b) A jerk.
(c) A gang-banger.
(d) A loser.

5. What did Esperanza’s mother used to do?
(a) Write.
(b) Teach.
(c) Swim.
(d) Sing opera.

6. Who comes to get Sally when she’s staying with Esperanza’s family?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

7. How does Geraldo die?
(a) He has influenza.
(b) Alcohol poisoning.
(c) In a hit-and-run accident.
(d) He was stabbed.

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

9. Why does Esperanza find these trees so miraculous?
(a) They are very tall.
(b) They have exquisite flowers.
(c) They have massive branches.
(d) They are growing well in a patch of a neighborhood with little to sustain them.

10. What do they make a clubhouse out of?
(a) A shed.
(b) Vine overgrowth.
(c) An old blue pickup.
(d) An apple tree.

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

12. What or whom does Esperanza believe understands her?
(a) The clouds and sky.
(b) Sally.
(c) Sire.
(d) The four skinny trees outside her bedroom window.

13. Who meets Geraldo?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Sally.
(c) Marin.
(d) Esperanza.

14. What does Esperanza accuse Sally of lying about?
(a) Her bra size.
(b) Sex.
(c) Titus.
(d) School work

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view is The House on Mango Street written?

2. What/who goes with Earl everywhere?

3. What does Esperanza promise to never forget?

4. Who arrives in a yellow taxicab?

5. Who listens to Esperanza’s stories?

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