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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The House on Mango Street published?

2. What do the girls find in this vignette?

3. Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?

4. Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to P.R. next year?

5. What happens at the end of their discussion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza think others think the people in her neighborhood are dangerous?

2. Why does Esperanza thinks that she is speaking with authority?

3. Why does Esperanza believe that the boys and girls in her neighborhood live in separate worlds?

4. How does Esperanza feel when the nun is inquiring where she lives?

5. How does Esperanza try and convince her mother to allow her to eat in the canteen?

6. Why does she take a rice sandwich to school?

7. What does Esperanza get in this chapter that she’s been wanting?

8. What does she mean by: “That is how it goes and goes”?

9. What does Esperanza’s mean in the English translation?

10. Why does Esperanza feel like a balloon tied to an anchor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What motifs reoccur in multiple vignettes? What do they represent? How are they used?

Essay Topic 2

Womanhood

a. What are the stereotypes of women in Esperanza’s culture?

b. What strong female characters does Esperanza look up to?

Essay Topic 3

Esperanza wants to escape The House on Mango Street and all that that life included. Based on her drive, ambition and support, will Esperanza be able to leave Mango Street behind?

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