The House on Mango Street Quiz

"I am a red balloon tied to an anchor" is an example of

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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What is the significance of the phrase, "Until then I am a red balloon tied to an anchor"?

• This comparison suggests that Esperanza feels trapped or weighed down, just like a balloon tied to an anchor would be unable to float freely.

• Esperanza is afraid her balloon will float away if it is not tied down.

• Esperanza's family makes her feel as secure as a tied balloon.

• Once Esperanza lets go of the balloon, she will be free.

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"[Papa] crumples like a coat and cries..." is an example of

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

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What is the significance of the phrase, "[Papa] crumples like a coat and cries..."?

• Papa has not paid much attention to his clothing since the death of his father.

• Papa is overwhelmed with grief.

• Papa misplaced his coat after his father passed away.

• Papa is upset that his coat is wrinkled.

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What best describes the emotion expressed in the following passage? "[A] nun from my school passed by and saw me playing out front...Where do you live? she asked. There, I said pointing up to the third floor. You live there? There. I had to look to where she pointed—the third floor, the paint peeling, wooden bars Papa had nailed on the windows so we wouldn't fall out. You live there? The way she said it made me feel like nothing. There. I lived there. I nodded."

• Pride

• Resignation

• Hopelessness

• Shame

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What is implied by the following sentence? "In the meantime, they'll just have move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little farther away every time people like us keep moving in" (13).

• Affordable housing is difficult to find in certain neighborhoods.

• The speaker is aware that her family is not welcome in the neighborhood.

• Moving to the neighborhood has increased their family fortune.

• Moving out of the neighborhood was an unexpected occurrence.

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What does Esperanza mean by the quote, "she looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow."?

• Women are forced to sit and ‘watch’ life go by without living their own dreams. They have to do what is expected of them.

• Her great-grandmother loved to look outside and see her children playing. If one of them got hurt, then she felt really sad.

• She really wanted to be free, but her family kept her inside all day to look out the window.

• The pain in her elbow was making her sad.

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Crumple means __________.

• Stiffens

• Collapses

• screams

• sighs

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Sassy means- __________.

• Rude

• Brilliant

• thoughtful

• timid

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Lopsided means - __________.

• Straight

• Even

• slanted

• upside down

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