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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elenita tell Esperanza?

2. Where does Sally get married?

3. Before Aunt Lupe’s illness, she used to enjoy what activity?

4. What isn’t Sally supposed to do due to her family’s religious beliefs?

5. Where does Esperanza want her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esperanza’s father call Sire a punk?

2. What does it mean that both Esperanza is getting noticed by boys, and that she notices them watching her?

3. Why is Esperanza’s Aunt Lupe an important person to her?

4. Why does Esperanza say she’ll allow “bums in the attic”?

5. How does Sally defy her parents?

6. Why isn’t Rafaela allowed to leave her apartment?

7. Who is Geraldo?

8. Why can’t Esperanza, her mother, and other neighbors and kids agree on what Earl’s “wife” looks like?

9. What is Esperanza hoping to hear when she has her fortune told?

10. Is Sally any happier than she was living at home with her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lucy and Rachel’s family situation with Nenny’s and Esperanza’s. Do they seem satisfied with where they are living and the neighborhood on Mango Street?

Essay Topic 2

Esperanza is dissatisfied with her life, or at least her living situation. Why is she dissatisfied? What does she want? And, will she or won’t she most likely succeed?

Essay Topic 3

Womanhood

a. What are the stereotypes of women in Esperanza’s culture?

b. What strong female characters does Esperanza look up to?

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