E2 5/26/2011 Ms. D’Amato

Student Name_ Score:_

The House on Mango Street Test

Part I: Multiple Choice Questions ( 3 points per question ,60%)
1. Where is Esperanza when a group of boy sexually assaults her?

In the Monkey Garden
At a carnival
On Mango Street
At work

2. When Esperanza talks about clouds and hips with her friend, how does she describe them?

Metaphorically
With respect to her everyday life
Scientifically
With the names of people on her block

3. What do Esperanza and her friends do to imitate grown-ups?

Put on makeup
Wear high-heeled shoes
Smoke cigarettes
Dye their hair

4. In what way is Nenny similar to Esperanza?

They have the same hair
They make up similar jump-rope rhymes
They both want to eat at the canteen in school
They have the same sense of humor

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason that hips are useful, according to Esperanza, Rachel, and Lucy?

They are good for dancing
They are useful for propping up a baby while cooking
They attract boys
They differentiate the male skeleton from the female one

6. How does Esperanza decide to defy social conventions at home?

She doesn’t do her dishes
She refuses to baby-sit her sister, Nenny
She refuses to pick up garbage
She goes out with Sire against her parents’ wishes

7. With what object or objects in the neighborhood does Esperanza identify most closely?

Her house
The four trees in her front yard
The huge tree in Meme Ortiz’s backyard
The abandoned car in the Monkey Garden

8. Which of the following is NOT a metaphor:

My Name…Mexican record my father plays on Sunday morning.
Today we are Cinderella because out feet fit exactly.
Some are baggy like soggy band-aids.
I want to be Tahiti. Or merengue. Or electricity. Or tembleque.

9. Which sentence is an example of Personification?

But what I remember most is this tree, huge, with fat arms
The dog…with limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes
Rachel and Lucy…fat Popsicle lips like everybody else in their family
As if he just heard the news himself, he crumples like a coat and cries

10. “Some are skinny like chicken lips” This is an example of:

Personification
Extended Metaphor
Symbolism
Simile

11. What do the three sisters tell Esperanza at the wake?

That she should leave Mango Street as soon as she can
That she must come back for the others after she’s left Mango Street
That she will never leave Mango Street
That she has a home in the heart

12. Which sentence is an extended metaphor?

Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papa’s hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos’ hair is thick and straight. He doesn’t need to comb it. Nenny’s hair is slippery—slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur.
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky.
The Trees…Their strength is secret. They send ferocious root beneath the ground. They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger. They is how they keep.
All of the above

13. What does the image of the house symbolize in The House on Mango Street?

Confinement
Independence and freedom
A sense of belonging/community
All of the above

14. Why does Esperanza describe Cathy as “Cathy who is queen of cats has cats and cats and cats”?

She is mocking Cathy because Cathy claims to be a descent of the queen of France.
Cathy has too many cats
Cathy is the queen of cats
Esperanza is mocking Cathy because she is offended by Cathy’s remarks.

15. What is being personified in the extended metaphor “Four Skinny Trees”?

The house
Esperanza’s bed
The trees
The monkey garden

16. What is revealed in the Monkey Garden? Why is it significant?

Esperanza is raped
Esperanza realizes she is growing up, caught between childhood and young adulthood.
The garden is a place to run free without adult supervision
She realizes that her friend Sally has stolen her boyfriend.

17. Women are constantly portrayed as occupying a place by the window in this novel. What does the window symbolize in the novella?

Confinement
A scary world without the security provided by a husband
A sense of longing for a life of partying and celebration
A teaser of freedom/independence for women who have been condemned to lives of domestic captivity.

18. What does the metaphor “She was a horse woman” mean?

Her great-grandmother looks like a horse
Esperanza’s great-grandmother has bad luck
Her great-grandmother was a strong independent woman who was forced into marriage.
None of the above

19. What is significant or ironic about the neighborhood kids “waving as he {Louie’s other cousin} was driven away”

Having been exposed to crime developed a nonchalant attitude toward it.
The kids wave because they are sad.
The kids wave because they know they will see Louie’s cousin tomorrow
It is a metaphor

20. Why do you think the idea of a house is so central to Esperanza's dreams for the future?

The house symbolizes independence and freedom
The house symbolizes wealth and happiness
The image of the house represent confinement/prison
All of the above

Part II: Vocabulary 10% ( 2 point per question)

Directions: Choose the best definition for each vocabulary word.

21. Evoke:

to send away
thoughtful
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
to petition for help

22. Distraught:

Happy
tired
uncomfortable feeling
deeply agitated especially from emotion

23. Emphasize:

to stress, single out as important
dismiss as not important
to lack in meaning
bring forth

24. Empower:

to take power away from
give or delegate power or authority to
to educate
to cover

25. Tether:

restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
to tie or limit
A rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding an animal in place
All of the above

Part III: Written Assignments 30% ( 10 points per question)

1. Create an extended metaphor about yourself or school.

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2. Identify and describe an example of situational irony you have observed in your life or the society. ________________________________________________________________________

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3. Select a symbol to describe the neighborhood where you live. Explain why you chose the symbol to represent your neighborhood and describe its meaning..

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E2 5/26/2011 Ms. D’Amato

Student Name___________ Score:___________

The House on Mango Street Test

Part II: Vocabulary 10% ( 2 point per question)

Directions: Choose the best definition for each vocabulary word.

Part III: Written Assignments 30% ( 10 points per question)

Student Name_ Score:_