1 Study Guide The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Student Name _____ 2 Study Guide Standards It helps to know WHY we are reading or learning. This Study Guide was written to help students learn specific academic skills. English Language Arts skills 1. We will learn definitions of the terms writer s style and theme. 2. We will identify choices this author makes, her writing style. As we read this book, we will decide WHY we think she made some of those choices. 3. We will identify themes developed in this book, and we will cite evidence for particular themes. 4. We will have classroom discussions. We will use academic vocabulary (for example, characterization, setting, style, tone, theme, ) to support our opinions about the text. 5. As a final project, we will write a five paragraph academic paper, naming a theme and citing evidence from the book to support that theme.
“The House on Mango Street” pages 3 – 5 Esperanza tells the readers all about the problems of the house on Mango Street. She says that her parents told …
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1. In The House on Mango Street, how do women like Marin hope to escape the neighborhood?
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By getting married
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By going to college
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By getting a job
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By running away
2. Why is the character Sally in The House on Mango Street promiscuous with boys?
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Her father is physically abusive.
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She's more mature than Esperanza.
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Her mother is promiscuous.
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She lost both her parents.
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About This Quiz & Worksheet
The House on Mango Street is the story of a Latino family living in Chicago as told by Esperanza, one of the daughters. Learn of other important characters and themes of significance with this worksheet and quiz.
Quiz & Worksheet Goals
In these assessments you'll be tested on:
- Plot of The House on Mango Street
- Characters in the novel
- Themes
- Definition of ''Chicana''
Skills Practiced
This quiz and worksheet allow students to test the following skills:
- Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related lesson on the novel, The House on Mango Street
- Critical thinking - understand and discuss the novel's themes of marriage, sexuality, Latino culture, and language
- Knowledge application - use your knowledge to answer questions about the novel's plot, structure, and characters
Additional Learning
To learn more about Sandra Cisneros' novel, The House on Mango Street, review the accompanying lesson. This lesson covers the following objectives:
- Summarize The House on Mango Street
- Identify characters
- Point out themes
- Discuss Latino culture as portrayed in the novel
- Explore the theme of language
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Unit Summary
Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street is the story of Esperanza, a second generation Chicana (Mexican-American) girl living in a low-income neighborhood in Chicago. The novella, structured as a series of vignettes, spans a year in the life of young teen Esperanza, allowing the reader a window into her world through first-person narration.
Through this text, students will study the relationship between a person’s environment and the formation of their identity. They will think about the way that Cisneros develops the reader’s understanding of the physical and cultural setting that Esperanza inhabits, and also how she develops Esperanza’s unique perspective on the world around her.
Because this is a shorter text, students will spend a significant amount of time engaged in close reading and rereading, thinking about the way that analysis of author’s craft leads to a deeper understanding of the text’s meaning. While The House on Mango Street is accessible to young adult readers due to relatively straightforward language and a structure of short vignettes, Cisneros nevertheless conveys complex themes about poverty, dreams, gender, and power through nuanced events in a character’s life.
The House on Mango Street continues students’ year-long study of what it means to be American, as it provides a nuanced picture of Mexican-American experience, as well as raising questions about what it means to be young and female in America.