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TheHouseonMangoStreetStoryQuestions.docxRunning head: THE HOUSE IN MANGO STREET STORY QUESTIONS 1
THE HOUSE IN MANGO STREET STORY QUESTIONS 2
The House on Mango Street Story Questions
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Q1. Explain the point of the story “Those who don’t.”
The point of the story is to describe the feeling that people have about a neighborhood they are familiar with and one they are not. Esperanza in the story says that those who don’t know about their neighborhood think it is a dangerous and for her she does not fear for she knows it is a safe region. On the other hand when she visits areas she is not familiar with, she ensures her car windows are closed for fear of such regions.
Q2. How is Rosa Vargas like Old Mother Hubbard?
Rosa Vargas is similar to the old Mother Hubbard in the sense that the two has a lot of children and they are compelled to work selfless to provide for the children to the point they do not have time to take care of the children. Their children lead a reckless and care free life to the point of neighbors getting tired of looking after them. The two also have a similar challenge in the sense that; they were abandoned by their husbands.
Q3. Why does Alicia wake up with the “tortilla star”?
This is because after her mother’s death, she is the remaining daughter and she has to handle all family chores in order to take care of her father and younger siblings. She hence has to wake up early, handle all the chores and more so travel to school where she has to use trains and buses to get to school.
Q4. What happens to the friends as they were talking about clouds?
They get to argue about different types of clouds, how they look, and what kind of thing the clouds looked like to the point of falling in an argument that could bring to end their friendship.
Q5. Why does Esperanza want to join the special kids “with keys around their necks”?
