House on Mango Street Review All Vignettes

My papas hair is like a broom 

• metaphor

• simile 

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

• simile

• metaphor

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Esperanza compares herself to a red balloon and calls her sister Nenny an anchor. What does this tell the reader about esperanza’s feelings towards their relationship?

• She feels like Nenny holds her back when she wants to be free.

• She feels like Nenny is always negative and pulling her down.

• She feels like Nenny much more down to earth while she is more of a daydreamer.

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How is Esperanza like her sister, Nenny?

• they look the same

• they think the same way about things

• they have the same goals and dreams

• none of the above

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What does Esperanza say she will do when she is older?

• She will own a house and invite the bums in to live in the attic.

• She will run an orphanage or give money to the poor.

• She will move away from places where men beat women and girls, and women stare out at windows.

• She will move from city to city and never stay in one place.

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The House on Mango Street
How was the house on Mango Street different from the other houses the family had lived in?

• It was the largest house they had ever lived in.

• The government was paying for it.

• It was their own house.

• It was the first two-story house they had lived in.

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______ helps Esperanza feel safe and loved

• Nenny

• Marin

• Ruthie

• Mama

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Why did Esperanza's family move to Mango Street? (NT)

• it was the real house our family had always been looking for

• the water pipes broke and the landlord wouldn't fix them

• our house on Loomis was too small

• we didn't have enough money to pay the rent

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From whose perspective is the story told?

• Geraldo

• Nenny

• Esperanza

• Sandra

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Who is the main character (or the protagonist)?

• Nenny

• Elenita

• Sandra

• Esperanza

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