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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sally do instead of run around with the other kids in the monkey garden?
(a) She flirts with Tito and his friends.
(b) She goes to the library to study.
(c) She goes inside to cook and sew.
(d) She goes shopping with her friends.

2. Who comes to visit Rachel and Lucy’s family?
(a) Their grandparents.
(b) Their older brother.
(c) Three aunts.
(d) Cousins.

3. What is Rafaela’s husband afraid of?
(a) He is afraid that she will spend all of his money.
(b) He is afraid that she will go to the police for help.
(c) He is afraid that she will run away because she is too beautiful to look at.
(d) He is afraid that she will get lost.

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

5. What does Esperazna like to do?
(a) Clean.
(b) Think about boys.
(c) Cook.
(d) Tell stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Minerva do after her children have gone to sleep?

2. Who does Esperanza notice watching her when she crosses the street?

3. What or whom does Esperanza believe understands her?

4. Why doesn’t Sally leave her apartment?

5. Who meets Geraldo?

Short Essay Questions

1. One of the aunts tells Esperanza that she will always be Mango Street. What did she mean by this?

2. Why does Esperanza say she’ll allow “bums in the attic”?

3. Esperanza has her fortune told, and Elenita tells her that she sees a “home in the heart”. What could this mean for Esperanza’s future?

4. How does the phrase “no speak English” take on two meanings at the end of this vignette?

5. Why can’t Esperanza, her mother, and other neighbors and kids agree on what Earl’s “wife” looks like?

6. How are Esperanza and Minerva similar?

7. Why does Esperanza’s father call Sire a punk?

8. Why is Esperanza’s Aunt Lupe an important person to her?

9. Who is Ruthie?

10. How does Sally defy her parents?

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