HOMS Quiz #1 Review

"They are wearing shiny Sunday shoes without socks."

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Repetition

"Across the street in front of the tavern a bum man on the stoop." Using context clues, define "stoop."

• A small staircase ending in a platform and leading to an entrance

• To bend and reach down

• To lower your moral standards

• None of the above

Which is the best evidence to describe how Esperanza feels about her sister, Nenny?

• "You don't pick your sisters, you just get them."

• "Someday I will have a best friend all my own."

• "I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."

• Both A and C

Which of the following is NOT a way to indirectly characterize a person?

• Showing someone's speech

• Showing someone's behavior

• Showing someone's effect on others

• Telling someone's characteristics

"She looked out the window her whole life."

• Indirect characterization

• Direct characterization

"Carlos' hair is thick and straight."

• Indirect characterization

• Direct characterization

"Then as if she forgot I just moved in, she says the neighborhood is getting bad."

• Indirect characterization

• Direct characterization

"Don't talk to them, says Cathy. Can't you see they smell like a broom."

• Indirect characterization

• Direct characterization

"Then as if she forgot I just moved in, she says the neighborhood is getting bad." What does this sentence tell us?

• Cathy feels that Mango Street needs renovating.

• Cathy doesn't think there is enough to do on Mango Street.

• Cathy feels Mango Street is deteriorating because Latinos are moving in.

"Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor."

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification