Trashketball
House on Mango Street
Review
Rules of Trashketball
1. Stay in your seats at all times.
2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the
answer to a question AND
3. Write ONE response to the question on a
sheet of paper.
4. All teams will hold up their answers.
5. If you are correct, your team will get the
opportunity to shoot the correct response
into the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line.
6. If the shot is made, the team gets extracredit.
7. Shots will be made after ALL the questions
have been answered.
1
• Q.1)
• Esperanza is named after:
Answer
Her great grandmother
2
Esperanza dreams of having:
Answer
House of her own
3
• Which one of the following would be used as
evidence to support the claim that the House on
Mango Street is not what Esperanza wisher for
in her dream house?
• A. Esperanza thinks the house is too small
• B. It’s small and red with tight steps and window
so small you’d think they were holding their
breath
• C. It had real stairs, not hallway stairs
• D. We’d have a basement and at least three
washrooms
Answer
B. It is small and red with tight steps and
window so small you’d think they were
holding their breath
4
In "The Family of Little Feet," the girls try on
high heels and walk around the
neighborhood with them. They are having
a fun time until what happens?
Answer
A bum asks Rachel for a kiss
5
Which one of the following demonstrates
personification?
• A. We come from Texas
• B. Nenny and I don’t look like sisters
• C. As if the wheels were spaghetti
• D. Not the shy …giggles
Answer
D. Not the shy…giggles
6
What type of sandwich does Esperanza
bring to lunch the day she gets to eat in
the "Canteen" at school?
Answer
A rice sandwich
7
Which one of the following demonstrates
a simile?
A. Two girls raggedy as rats live across
the street
B. Five dollars, five dollars
C. In English my names means hope
D. I would like to baptize myself under
a new name
Answer
A. Two girls raggedy as rats live across
the street
8
When the girls are playing double-dutch (jump
rope) they begin singing about what?
Answer
Hips
9
Esperanza describes her house as “red and
crumbly”. What literary device is the
author using?
Answer
Imagery
10
What is Esperanza's first job?
Answer
Developing pictures
11
• What is the significance of the “Four
Skinny Trees” vignette?
Answer
• It describes her feelings about overcoming
obstacles
12
• What does Esperanza and Nenny want to
buy at the antiques store (what do the girls
call it in the book)?
Answer
• A Music Box
13
• What color does Esperanza say her name
is like?
Answer
• A muddy color
14
• What is the name of the boy Marin dances
with at a club? (He is later killed by a hitand-run accident.)
Answer
• Geraldo
15
• How would you descirbe Esperanza's
great grandmother?
Answer
• Wild and independent
16
• “Until then I am a red balloon tied to an
anchor." This figure of speech is an
example of:
Answer
• A Metaphor
17
• Which character is related to French
royalty, and also likes cats?
Answer
• Cathy
18
• What two things are Alicia afraid of?
Answer
• Mice and Fathers
19
• What family has too many kids and no
dad?
Answer
• The Vargas family
20
• What does Darius say one of the clouds
looks like?
– Remember this was something that
impressed the others, since Darius is usually
not insightful
Answer
• God
21
• Louie, who steals a car, is whose cousin?
Answer
• Marin
22
• Esperanza has several interactions with
nuns in the story. How do the nuns
generally make Esperanza feel?
Answer
• Ashamed
23
• Why is Esperanza embarrassed at the
baptism party?
Answer
• Her shoes are old
24
• What does Elenita, the fortune teller, see
in Esperanza'a future?
Answer
• A home in the heart
25
• In the vignette “A Good Day”, what makes
it a good day?
Answer
• Esperanza makes 2 new friends and buys
a bike with them
26
• What is the theme of the novel?
Answer
• Identity
27
• Make a connection: Relate the novel to
important ideas of the place in which it is
set.
Answer
• Answers will vary. Mrs. Bromagen will
decide if your team will shoot.