House on Mango Street Review All Vignettes

My papas hair is like a broom 

• metaphor

• simile 

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

• simile

• metaphor

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.

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

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.

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.

______ helps Esperanza feel safe and loved

• Nenny

• Marin

• Ruthie

• Mama

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

From whose perspective is the story told?

• Geraldo

• Nenny

• Esperanza

• Sandra

Who is the main character (or the protagonist)?

• Nenny

• Elenita

• Sandra

• Esperanza