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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who tells Esperanza, “I could have been somebody”?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Sally.
(d) Her Aunt Lupe.

4. 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.”

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

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

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

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

9. What does Aunt Lupe tell Esperanza to do?
(a) She tells her to keep going to school.
(b) She tells her to keep writing.
(c) She tells her to be practical.
(d) She tells her to marry soon, while she’s still young.

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

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

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

13. Who visits Earl on a regular basis?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His mother.
(d) Different women, presumably prostitutes.

14. What does she tell the school about her blue marks on her body?
(a) That she’s fallen.
(b) That she has a new puppy who bites her.
(c) That she’s ill.
(d) That her father is abusive.

15. What does Sally do?
(a) She quits school.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She gets a job.
(d) She runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does she meet him?

2. What happens to Esperanza while she is waiting for Sally?

3. What does Rafaela ask the girls to buy her?

4. Esperanza describes the color of illness as being what?

5. What kind of place does Esperanza want to live in?

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