Part B: Multiple Choice Comprehension & Evaluating Literary Elements
7) Which set of character traits reflects Esperanza's demeanor and attitude toward Sally?
a)
expressive, stern, sympathetic, timid
b) domineering, controlling, manipulative
8) How does Sally's father mostly treat her?
he pampers her and does anything she says
b) he is more concerned with his other children
c) inquisitive, defensive, adulated, worried
d) detached, offensive, dismissive, uncaring
c) he is overprotective and overbearing
d) he lets her do anything she wants
9) When Esperanza states what she thinks Sally feels whose emotions is she really expressing?
a) Sally's
father's
b) Minerva's
c) Rachel and Lucy's
d) her own
10) Minerva's name is an allusion to the Greek Roman of:
(a wisdom and war
b) marriage and prophecy
c) nature and wildlife
d) love and beauty
c) she's a high school drop out
11) How is Minerva like many of the other women living on Mango Street?
a) she doesn't have a husband
b) she feels trapped, used, and abused
d) she's uneducated and illiterate
12) What creates the bond between Esperanza and Minerva?
a) they like to gossip about their neighbors
b) they are both college bound
c) they both long for a husband like prince charming
d) their love of poetry and the poems they share
c) she's too afraid of her husband
13) What is Esperanza's final summation of Minerva?
a) she's not worth protecting & their friendship is over
b) she can't help Minerva if she doesn't want it
d) she's a lost cause who deserves her fate