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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. What does Sally do instead of run around with the other kids in the monkey garden?

2. What are Alicia and Esperanza talking about in this vignette?

3. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?

4. Who tells Esperanza, “I could have been somebody”?

5. What point of view is The House on Mango Street written?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Esperanza hoping to hear when she has her fortune told?

3. How are Esperanza and Minerva similar?

4. Why does Esperanza feel a special kinship with the trees outside her window?

5. How does Sally defy her parents?

6. What is Sally’s relationship like with her parents?

7. Who is Geraldo?

8. Who is Ruthie?

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

10. Why does her Aunt Lupe tell her that writing will keep her free?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Womanhood

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Dramatic irony is when the reader understands that there is an ironic situation, but not the character. This occurs a lot when the narrator is young but the content observed by the narrator is mature. What are some examples of dramatic irony in The House on Mango Street?

Essay Topic 3

In “Hips”, Esperanza, Nenny and their friends are discussing the girls who are growing and maturing. They are both excited by this new power of sexuality and terrified of it, why is this?

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