Q 01/05

In The House on Mango Street, what does the man Sally marries before eighth grade sell for a living?

A) Encyclopedias

B) Vacuum cleaners

C) Marshmallows

D) Used cars

Answer · why

C) Marshmallows

Marshmallows are his trade, and he has to take Sally to another state where the marriage is legal. Esperanza suspects her friend married mainly to esc...

Q 02/05

In The House on Mango Street, which meal did Papa eat for three months because he knew no other English?

A) Ham and eggs

B) Hot dogs and soda

C) Pancakes and syrup

D) Cheeseburgers

Answer · why

A) Ham and eggs

Ham and eggs, run together as "hamandeggs", was the only thing he could order when he first arrived. Esperanza tells the story to explain why a newly ...

Q 03/05

In The House on Mango Street, what does Esperanza's name mean in English, though she says in Spanish it means waiting?

A) Faith

B) Hope

C) Dawn

D) Grace

Answer · why

B) Hope

Hope is the English meaning, but she says that in Spanish the name means too many letters and sadness as well. She would rather rename herself somethi...

Q 04/05

In The House on Mango Street, what does Mama's curly hair smell like when Esperanza sleeps beside her?

A) Roses

B) Cinnamon

C) Soap

D) Bread

Answer · why

D) Bread

Bread is the smell Esperanza loves, and she likes to sleep close to Mama to breathe it in. Her own hair, by contrast, is lazy and never does what she ...

Q 05/05

In The House on Mango Street, Esperanza's neighbor Cathy claims to be related to the queen of which country?

A) France

B) England

C) Spain

D) Sweden

Answer · why

A) France

France is where Cathy places her royal relative, a grand claim from a girl in a lopsided wooden house. Her family is moving away because, she says, th...