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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 visits Earl on a regular basis?

2. Who dies?

3. What does Sally’s father believe beauty brings?

4. What does Sally do before she goes home?

5. What happens to Esperanza while she is waiting for Sally?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does it mean that both Esperanza is getting noticed by boys, and that she notices them watching her?

3. Esperanza wants a nice house and wants to live on a hill, but she believes that she’ll be different than the others who do so. How does she believe that she will be different?

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

5. Why did Marin stay with him in the emergency room?

6. How are Esperanza and Minerva similar?

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

8. Who is Geraldo?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lucy and Rachel’s family situation with Nenny’s and Esperanza’s. Do they seem satisfied with where they are living and the neighborhood on Mango Street?

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’s mother had many dreams of her own. What prevented her from following those dreams? What does she want for Esperanza?

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