2. 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 the local church.
(d) In a park.

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

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

5. What does Minerva do after her children have gone to sleep?
(a) Write poems.
(b) Fight with her husband.
(c) Drink wine.
(d) Cry.

6. Why doesn’t Esperanza want to drive to the nice neighborhoods on Sundays anymore?
(a) She doesn’t like that her father works for the homeowners.
(b) She’s given up hope of every having her own home.
(c) She’s embarrassed by how much her family wants something that they cannot have.
(d) She doesn’t like the way that the houses look.

7. Why is Minerva black and blue?
(a) Her husband beats her.
(b) Her children beat her.
(c) She is sick with cancer.
(d) She is very clumsy.

8. What does Sally’s husband do for a living?
(a) He sells books.
(b) He is a janitor.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He sells marshmallows.

9. What kind of place does Esperanza want to live in?
(a) A house that is all her own, a house that is quiet as snow.
(b) A house full of children and a husband.
(c) An apartment in a nice downtown neighborhood.
(d) A mansion that has 8 bathrooms.

10. What isn’t Sally supposed to do due to her family’s religious beliefs?
(a) Eat pork.
(b) Show her hair.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Dance.

11. What is Tito’s mother doing when Esperanza goes to her house?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Ironing shirts.
(d) Cleaning.

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

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

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

15. Why doesn’t Sally leave her apartment?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She’s afraid to do so without her husband’s permission.
(c) She has no money to buy goods.
(d) She’s depressed and homesick.