In the passage from “The House on Mango Street,” what is the meaning of the word temporary in paragraph 11? a. understanding how things are
b. lasting only for a short period
c. doing well in spite of difficulties
d. appreciating the positive side

2. How does the narrator’s perspective affect the reader’s perception of the house on Mango Street?
a. The readers know what every member of the household thinks, says, and feels about the house.
b. The narrator’s viewpoint is not trustworthy and the narrator’s comments on the house should not be believed.
c. The reader knows that the house on Mango Street is a dream house imagined by the narrator’s mother.
d. The readers mostly know only what the narrator thinks, says, and feels about the house.

3. Part A What is the main theme of the passage from The House on Mango Street?
a. There is nothing more important than community.
b. A neighborhood is like one big family.
c. Where you live affects how you feel about yourself.
d. People are meant to live in only one place.

4. Part B What evidence from the text supports the theme from The House on Mango Street from Question 3?
Paragraph 4 - “But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all.”
Paragraph 4 - “Our parents always told us that one day we would move into a house, a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn’t have to move each year.”
Paragraph 10- “You live THERE?” The way she said it made me feel like nothing
Paragraph 11- “For the time being, Mama said. Temporary, said Papa.”
5. How does the setting in The House on Mango Street impact the mood of the narrator?
a. The narrator feels angry because she is unable to change her environment.
b. The narrator is disappointed because her friends live in larger, nicer homes.
c. The narrator feels ashamed because her surroundings are modest and limited.
d. The narrator is hopeful as her future surroundings will be brighter than her current setting.

6. Which sentence from the passage “My Name” supports that Esperanza does not want to be trapped and sad like her great grandmother?
“I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry.”
“Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off.”
“Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandelier.”
“I have inherited her name, but I do not want to inherit her place by the window.”