The House on Mango Street Review

Esperanza says, "They bloom like roses". This is an example of __________ comparing ____________ to roses.

• personification...flowers

• simile...hips

• metaphor...clouds

• hyperbole...trees

"I inherited her name, but I don't want to inherit her place by the window". What is the significance of this quote?

• Esperanza wants a home with windows that open.

• Esperanza thinks her grandmother was lazy.

• Esperanza wants a husband to take care of her.

• Esperanza wants to be free with no regrets.

“The green metal cage, the porcelain tabletop, the family that spoke like guitars.

This is an example of a simile and it helps the reader...

• envision what the family looks like.

• get a sense of how Esperanza feels about guitars.

• imagine how the family sounds.

• imagine what the table looks like.

When Esperanza has a house of her own, what does she say she wants to have living in her attic?

• Rats

• Bums

• Sally

• Nenny

All of the following terms have to do with themes in this novel EXCEPT

• Women

• Revenge

• Identity

• Maturity

Which technique is used most in the vignette "Four Skinny Trees"? (Ex: "Keep, keep, keep, trees say when I sleep")

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

In the vignette "Born Bad", why does Esperanza begin by saying, "Most likely I will go to hell and most likely I deserve to be there."

• She told Sally to leave her husband.

• She wants to leave Mango Street and never look back.

• She helped Louie steal a car.

• She played a game making fun of her dying aunt.

In the end, Esperanza decides

• she doesn't want to leave Mango Street after all.

• finding a husband is the only way she'll be free.

• she is going to come back for the ones she left behind.

• the house on Mango Street is the only one she'll ever have.

A vignette is

• a short, descriptive scene.

• an autobiographical story.

• a summary of something that has happened.

• an interview.

Who is "A Smart Cookie"?

• Nenny

• Esperanza

• Sally

• Esperanza's mother