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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. Who does she warn Nenny and Esperanza to stay away from?

2. What do they spend the afternoon doing?

3. What does Nenny begin naming during the girls’ discussion?

4. At the end of this vignette she uses a metaphor to compare herself to a what?

5. A house. What does Esperanza see that reminds her of Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza’s mama get sick?

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

3. Why are they “tired of being beautiful”?

4. How does Louie’s cousin get the Cadillac?

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

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

7. Why is everyone surprised by Darius’s observations of the clouds?

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

9. Why do the girls begin arguing?

10. What do the girls believe hips are good for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education

a. How does Esperanza view education as a way out of poverty?

b. Are there any characters that have pursued education before Esperanza?

Essay Topic 2

Many of the vignettes are a discussion of family. How important is family to Esperanza? How does she feel about her family?

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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