P r a c t t i i c e
There are twenty-five questions on this exam, and each question is worth four points for a possible total of one hundred points. You will receive points for correctly answering each question with details and precision, for writing complete sentences, and for grammar and mechanics.
When you have completed the exam, print it out and hand it into Dr. Adela.
NAME:
Pick any story in Tierra or Mango and answer the following questions using complete sentences and as many details as possible:
1.
What is the story’s title?
2.
Who is the main character? Include as much information and details as possible.
3.
Where does the story take place? Include as much information and details as possible.
4.
What problem does the character confront in the story? In other words, what’s going on with the main character or what’s at stake in the story?

5.
How does the problem resolve by the story’s end? In other words, what happens at the end of the story; how has the character changed?
6.
What inference can you make about the Latino community from this story?
7.
What major theme or themes are developed in the story?
8.
In The House on Mango Street, which story includes car theft and an arrest? a.
“Hairs” b.
“Marin” c.
“Louie, His Cousin & His Other Cousin” d.
“Four Skinny Trees”
9.
In The House on Mango Street, in which story does the narrator dance with her uncle at a baptismo? a.
“The Monkey Garden” b.
“What Sally Said” c.
“A Rice Sandwich” d.
“Chanclas”
10.
In “Gil’s Furniture Bought & Sold,” what does Nene want to buy? a.
“A couch” b.
“A music box” c.
“A radio” d.
“A doll”

11.
At the end of the book, what does Esperanza take with her? a.
Mango Street b.
All of her memories c.
Her heritage d.
All of the above
12.
What was the main idea for the novel, The House on Mango Street?
13.
What themes are covered in the novel, The House on Mango Street?
14.
In The House on Mango Street, which theme is the most important and why?
15.
What inferences can you make about the Latino community in the United States from the novel, The House on Mango Street?
16.
What will the future be like for Esperanza?
17.
In . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, which story includes a murder? a.
“The Lost Year” b.
“The Little Burnt Victims” c.
“First Communion” d.
“Hand in Pocket”
18.
In . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, in which story does the narrator get kicked out of school? a.
“Its That It Hurts” b.
“The Little Burnt Victims”

c.
“A Silvery Night” d.
“When We Arrive”
19.
In “The Night Before Christmas,” why is the mother arrested? a.
She got lost. b.
She shoplifted. c.
She began a fight. d.
She wanted to buy presents.
20.
What does the narrator think about in “Under the House”? a.
The past year. b.
The people he knows. c.
That he exists. d.
All of the above.
21.
What was the main idea for the novel, . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour Him?
22.
List three or more themes covered in the novel, . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour
Him.
23.
In . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, which theme is the most important and why?
24.
What inferences can you make about the Latino community in the United States from the novel, . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour Him?
25.
What will the future be like for the narrator of . . .And the Earth Did Not Devour
Him?