Practice test RL.4 - House on Mango Street (Eng2, Q1)

Which quote from the vignette (the first one in the book, pg. 3-5) "The House on Mango Street" best illustrates Esperanza's tone of disappointment?

• "The house on Mango Street is ours, and we don't have

  to pay rent to anybody, or share the yard with the people

  downstairs, or be careful not to make too much noise, and

  there isn't a landlord banging on the ceiling with a broom."

• "They always told us that one day we would move into

  a house, a real house that would be ours for always so we

  wouldn't have to move each year."

• "I knew then I had to have a house. A real house. One

  I could point to. But this isn't it. The house on Mango

  Street isn't it. For the time being, Mama says. Temporary,

  says Papa. But I know how those things go."

• "We had to leave the flat on Loomis quick. The water

  pipes broke and the landlord wouldn't fix them because

  the house was too old."

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which statement can be reasonably inferred from the diction (word choice) of this line from the vignette "Hairs" (pg. 6-7):

"But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty becauseshe pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your noseinto when she is holding you, holding you and you feelsafe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed

still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her,

• The mother's hair represents a sense of loss.
• The mother's hair symbolizes comfort and safety.
• The mother's hair is a symbol of rebellion.
• The mother's hair signifies independence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word best describes the tone of this line from the vignette "Boys and Girls" (pg. 8-9):

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

• longing
• confident
• indifferent
• joyful

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What idea is most closely suggested by the ideas/words Cisneros uses in this section from the vignette "My Name" (pg. 10-11) when talking about her great-grandmother (focus on underlined part): "And the story goes she never forgave him. She looked out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow. I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn't be all the things she wanted to be."

• Women live most of their lives in physical pain

• Women don't move around much outside when they get older

• Women often get "trapped" as housewives & stay- at-home mothers

• Women store all of their feelings of sadness in their elbows

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which quotes best express Cathy's negative tone when talking to Esperanza about the neighborhood (refer to the vignette "Cathy Queen of Cats" pg 12-13 if needed)? Pick all that apply:

• "She lives upstairs, over there, next door

  to Joe the baby-grabber. Keep away from him, she says.

  He is full of danger."

• "Edna is the lady who'owns the building

  next to you. She used to own a building big as a whale, but

  her brother sold it."

• "In the meantime they'll just have to

  move a little farther north from Mango Street, a little far-

  ther away every time people like us keep moving in."

• "Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street. You don't

  want to know them."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2