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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 Esperanza imagine Sally enjoys doing?

2. Who helps her disguise her wounds?

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

4. Where does Sally get married?

5. When does Earl work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Geraldo?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Esperanza’s perspective affect the information readers are given in this chapter?

8. Why does Esperanza believe Mamacita is sad?

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

10. Who is Ruthie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esperanza is dissatisfied with her life, or at least her living situation. Why is she dissatisfied? What does she want? And, will she or won’t she most likely succeed?

Essay Topic 2

Sally, Esperanza’s friend, comes from a very strict religious family, but Sally rebels by dressing provocatively. What happens to Sally? How does Esperanza see this as a warning?

Essay Topic 3

In many of the vignettes, Esperanza is spoken down to or mistreated because of how poor her family is and her Hispanic ethnicity. How does she respond to the condescension? Does she understand it is happening? If so, what actions of her are indicative of this?

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