The House on Mango Street

In "The House on Mango Street" Esperanza describes her house as "small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath." What literary device is this?

What kind of sandwich does Esperanza's mother pack her for lunch?

What does the drunken bum ask Esperanza to give him in exchange for a dollar?

What does Esperanza's mother's hair smell like?

In "The Monkey Garden" Esperanza describes "flowers as big as hats." What literary device is this?

Who does Cathy claim to be related to?

Esperanza believes that both Chinese and Mexicans discourage their women from being ___.

By the end of the novel, how does Esperanza describe herself?

In "No Speak English" the baby says "He not here" and Mamacita "cries like a rainstorm." What literary device is used in "cries like a rainstorm"?

In "Born Bad" Esperanza describes "the sky like a tinfoil scratched with clouds." What type of figurative language is used here?

What caused Esperanza's family to leave their old home?

The Vargas boys are so bad that no one really cares when Angel Vargas falls out of a tree and ______.

What article of adult clothing do the girls find make them feel attractive and womanly?

What does Marin sell in her free time?

Esperanza wants to someday have a house that is as clean as ___.

My Name Esperanza says her name is "like the number nine. A muddy color." What type of figurative language is being used?

What happens to Meme when he joins in the kids' Tarzan jumping contest?

What literary device is used in this line from "Four Skinny Trees"? "Their strength is secret. They send ferocious roots beneath the ground."

Shortly after moving to Mango Street, what does Esperanza pitch in to buy with Lucy and Rachel?

What does the old, black man who runs the junk shop refuse to do unless he knows his customers have money?

What feature does Esperanza particularly want in her suburban dream home?

Both Esperanza and her Grandmother were born in which year of the Chinese zodiac?