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House on Mango Street Flashcards

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1
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Who won the First Annual Tarzan Jumping contest?

A

Meme

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2
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Who built the house that Me me lives in?

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Cathy’s father

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How many steps are in the front of Meme’s house?

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21

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4
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What kind of dog does meme have?

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sheepdog

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5
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What is Meme’s real name?

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Juan

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6
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Who moves into Cathy’s house?

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Meme Ortiz

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7
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What does Nenny want to buy - but Gil tells her it is not for sale?

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Music box

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8
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What does Esperanza once buy for a dime?

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Statue of liberty figurine

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9
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What did Carlos sell to Gil?

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Box of magazines

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10
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What did E’s family buy from Gil’s Furniture?

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a refrigerator

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11
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What does E see that reminds her of Mexico?

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a house

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12
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How do Nenny and E resemble each other?

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same laugh

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13
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What does E think that Rachel and Lucy look like?

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fat popsicle lips

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14
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What do they spend the afternoon doing?

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riding bike

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15
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Why do they want five dollars from E?

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to buy a bike

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16
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From where have the two girls just moved from?

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Texas

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17
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What is the “little one’s” name?

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Rachel

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18
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What is the “big one’s” name?

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Lucy

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19
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Why will Cathy only be E’s friend until next Tuesday?

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She is moving away

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20
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Who does she warn Nenny and E to stay away from?

A

Joe - - the baby grabber

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21
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Who does Cathy believe she is a descendent of?

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Queen of France

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22
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What is Nenny’s full name?

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Magdalena

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23
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Who wouldn’t marry - - at first?

A

great grandmother

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24
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Who is E named after?

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great grandmother

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25
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In Spanish - - what does E feel like her name means?

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sadness or waiting

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26
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What does E’s name mean in English?

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Hope

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27
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At the end of the vignette - she uses a metaphor to compare herself to what?

A

a red balloon

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28
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Someday she says she will tell all of her secrets to whom?

A

her best friend

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29
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Whom does she describe as best friends?

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Kiki and Carlos

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30
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Who is too young to be her friend?

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Nenny

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31
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E believes that boys and girls live in separate what?

A

worlds

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32
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What does Kiki have hair like?

A

fur

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33
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How does she describe Nenny’s hair?

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slippery

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34
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“My papa’s hair is like a broom” - - this is an example of what?

A

a simile

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35
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What is E comparing in her family?

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hair

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36
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How does it make E feel when the nun asked - You live there”

A

“nothing”

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37
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How does E feel about the house on Mango Street?

A

Temperature is better than others

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38
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What is the main topic of the first vignette?

A

Moving

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39
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How many siblings does E have?

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3

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40
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How many people are in E’s immediate family?

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6

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41
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What is the book “The House on Mango Street” a collection of?

A

Vignettes

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42
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When was The House on Mango Street published?

A

1984

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43
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Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?

A

Sandra Cisneros

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44
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Who lives below Meme in a basement apartment?

A

Louie’s family

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45
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Louie is the oldest of _____

A

Little sisters

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46
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With whom is Louie friends with?

A

E’s brother

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47
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What happened to the winner of the First Annual Tarzan Jumping contest?

A

Breaks both arms

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48
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Why does Marin live with Louie’s family?

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her family is in Puerto Rico

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49
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Who drives up in the great big yellow Cadillac?

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Louie’s older cousin - - a boy

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50
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Where does Louie’s cousin take them on their ride in the Cadillac?

A

around the block

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51
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Why do the police handcuff Louie’s cousin?

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They think he stole the Cadillac

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52
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Where does Marin’s boyfriend live?

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Puerto Rico

53
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What does Marin do for work to earn money?

A

Sells avon

54
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What does she plan on doing as soon as she gets back to Puerto Rico?

A

Marry her boyfriend

55
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Why are Louie’s parents sending Marin back to Puerto Rico next year?

A

She is too much trouble

56
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What does Marin do when her aunt goes to sleep?

A

Stands under the streetlights and smokes

57
Q

E believes that other people who wander into her neighborhood believe they will be attacked with what?

A

shiny knives

58
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How does she feel when she drives into another neighborhood of “another color”?

A

scared

59
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Who has too many kids?

A

Rosa Vargas

60
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Why does E believe Rosa Vargas is so upset?

A

Husband left her with kids and no money

61
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The Vargas kids are without respect for?

A

All living things

62
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What happens to Angel Vargas?

A

falls to her death off of a roof

63
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What does Alicia believe she sees?

A

Mice

64
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Why must Alicia be the one to wake early to make the lunchbox tortillas?

A

her mother died and she is the oldest woman in the house

65
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What does Alicia inherit from her mother?

A

rolling pin and sleeplessness

66
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What is Alicia afraid of?

A

Mice and her father

67
Q

What does Darius point out?

A

that clouds look like pillows

68
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Darius believes that one cloud looks like what?

A

God

69
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E reads that Eskimos have 30 different names for what?

A

snow

70
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What does Nenny begin naming during the girl’s discussion?

A

Different types of clouds

71
Q

What happens at the end of their discussion?

A

get in an argument and tease each other

72
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In the family of little feet, who sleeps on the couch?

A

grandfather

73
Q

What do the girls find in this vignette?

A

high heels

74
Q

Who walks the best in the high heels?

A

Rachel

75
Q

Where does E want to eat lunch?

A

Canteen at school

76
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What do the canteen kids wear around their necks?

A

House keys

77
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Why do the canteen kids get to eat lunch at school?

A

Their moms are not at home

78
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Why is E sent to school with a rice sandwich?

A

Her family does not have meat

79
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Who does E have to convince to let her eat at school?

A

her mother

80
Q

Who is standing at the front door holding boxes and bags of new clothes?

A

E’s mama

81
Q

Where does E;s family go?

A

a party for the cousin’s baptism

82
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What has E’s mother forgotten to buy?

A

E;s new shoes

83
Q

What has made E;s mother sick, or so she thinks?

A

Too many tamales

84
Q

Why doesn’t E want to dance?

A

Embarrassed by school shoes

85
Q

Who does E reluctantly dance with?

A

Uncle Nacho

86
Q

What does Rachel believe is “good for holding babies while you are cooking?”

A

Hips

87
Q

Why does E need a job?

A

To pay tuition at Catholic High School

88
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Who encourages her to go to a Catholic high school?

A

Her father

89
Q

What point of view is The House on Mango Street written?

A

First person

90
Q

Why will E come back to Mango Street?

A

For those she left behind

91
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What color is her house on Mango Street?

A

Red

92
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What kind of place does E want to live in?

A

a house quiet as snow

93
Q

Why doesn’t Sally leave her apartment?

A

Afraid to leave without husband’s permission

94
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Where does Sally get married?

A

To a state that allows marriage before 8th grade

95
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Why does E like to be with Sally?

A

They are friends - she likes her laugh

96
Q

What does Tito’s mother do when E goes to her house?

A

iron shirts

97
Q

What does she tell the school about her marks?

A

She fell

98
Q

Who hits Sally?

A

her father

99
Q

What is E’s mothers advice for her?

A

go to school and study hard

100
Q

What did E’s mother used to do?

A

Sing Opera

101
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How has E “begun her own quiet war?”

A

gender expectation

102
Q

Wht or whom will she allow to live in her attic?

A

Bums

103
Q

What does E promise to never forget?

A

Where she came from

104
Q

Why is Minerva black and blue?

A

her husband beats her

105
Q

What is the age difference between Minerva and E?

A

Minerva is a little older

106
Q

Who does E compare Rafaela to?

A

Rapunzel

107
Q

Why doesn’t Rafaela leave her apartment?

A

her husband locks her in

108
Q

Why does E find trees so miraculous?

A

They grow well with very little to sustain them

109
Q

Where does Earl live and work?

A

Edna’s basement

110
Q

What does Ruthie ask the girls to buy at the grocery store?

A

Candy

111
Q

Which adult likes to play with children?

A

Ruthie

112
Q

How does Geraldo die?

A

hit and run accident

113
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Where does Geraldo work?

A

a restaurant

114
Q

Where does she meet him?

A

at a dance

115
Q

Who meets Geraldo?

A

Marin

116
Q

What does Elenita tell E?

A

To have home in your heart

117
Q

Why does E go to a fortune teller?

A

Know about future house

118
Q

Who is Elenita?

A

a fortune teller

119
Q

Who listens to E’s stories?

A

Aunt Lupe

120
Q

What did Aunt Lupe enjoy before she was sick?

A

swimming

121
Q

E is overcome with grief - why?

A

because she thinks of her own father’s death

122
Q

Who crumples like a coat and cries?

A

E’s papa

123
Q

Who gets E a job?

A

Aunt LaLa

124
Q

What does E lie about the first day of her new job?

A

her age

125
Q

Where is E’s new job?

A

Peter Pan Photo finishers

126
Q

Who kisses E?

A

an oriental man

127
Q

Who dies?

A

E’s abuelito (grandfather)

128
Q

Whose father dies?

A

E’s father’s father

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