1. Trashketball House on Mango Street Review

2. 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 extra- credit. 7.Shots will be made after ALL the questions have been answered.

3. 1 Q.1) Esperanza is named after:

4. Answer Her great grandmother

5. 2 Esperanza dreams of having:

6. Answer House of her own

7. 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

8. Answer B. It is small and red with tight steps and window so small you’d think they were holding their breath

9. 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?

10. Answer A bum asks Rachel for a kiss

11. 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

12. Answer D. Not the shy…giggles

13. 6 What type of sandwich does Esperanza bring to lunch the day she gets to eat in the "Canteen" at school?

14. Answer A rice sandwich

15. 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

16. Answer A. Two girls raggedy as rats live across the street

17. 8 When the girls are playing double-dutch (jump rope) they begin singing about what?

18. Answer Hips

19. 9 Esperanza describes her house as “red and crumbly”. What literary device is the author using?

20. Answer Imagery

21. 10 What is Esperanza's first job?

22. Answer Developing pictures

23. 11 What is the significance of the “Four Skinny Trees” vignette?

24. Answer It describes her feelings about overcoming obstacles

25. 12 What does Esperanza and Nenny want to buy at the antiques store (what do the girls call it in the book)?

26. Answer A Music Box

27. 13 What color does Esperanza say her name is like?

28. Answer A muddy color

29. 14 What is the name of the boy Marin dances with at a club? (He is later killed by a hit- and-run accident.)

30. Answer Geraldo

31. 15 How would you descirbe Esperanza's great grandmother?

32. Answer Wild and independent

33. 16 “Until then I am a red balloon tied to an anchor." This figure of speech is an example of:

34. Answer A Metaphor

35. 17 Which character is related to French royalty, and also likes cats?

36. Answer Cathy

37. 18 What two things are Alicia afraid of?

38. Answer Mice and Fathers

39. 19 What family has too many kids and no dad?

40. Answer The Vargas family

41. 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

42. Answer God

43. 21 Louie, who steals a car, is whose cousin?

44. Answer Marin

45. 22 Esperanza has several interactions with nuns in the story. How do the nuns generally make Esperanza feel?

46. Answer Ashamed

47. 23 Why is Esperanza embarrassed at the baptism party?

48. Answer Her shoes are old

49. 24 What does Elenita, the fortune teller, see in Esperanza'a future?

50. Answer A home in the heart

51. 25 In the vignette “A Good Day”, what makes it a good day?

52. Answer Esperanza makes 2 new friends and buys a bike with them

53. 26 What is the theme of the novel?

54. Answer Identity

55. 27 Make a connection: Relate the novel to important ideas of the place in which it is set.

56. Answer Answers will vary. Mrs. Bromagen will decide if your team will shoot.