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Let's practice what we've learned.
Let's practice what we've learned.
Email me your answers (and your questions!) iolson@tacomacommunityhouse.org
1.) Fix the fragments/dependent clauses. Finish the sentences.
1.) Fix the fragments/dependent clauses. Finish the sentences.
a.) before Esperanza lived on Mango street
a.) before Esperanza lived on Mango street
b.) after they bought the bike
b.) after they bought the bike
c.) if the customers in Gil's store don't have money
c.) if the customers in Gil's store don't have money
d.) when Esperanza heard the music in the store
d.) when Esperanza heard the music in the store
e.) even though Lucy and Rachel are poor
e.) even though Lucy and Rachel are poor
f.) although Cathy tells her not to
f.) although Cathy tells her not to
g.) unless the customers have money
g.) unless the customers have money
h.) since she doesn't have any other friends except Cathy
h.) since she doesn't have any other friends except Cathy
Choose one question from each chapter and answer it in a few sentences (3-5). Email your responses to me: iolson@tacomacommunityhouse.org.
Choose one question from each chapter and answer it in a few sentences (3-5). Email your responses to me: iolson@tacomacommunityhouse.org.
Cathy Queen of Cats
(choose one question)
1. This chapter is written partly with Esperanza as the narrator and partly with Cathy narrating. What is the first line narrated by Cathy? What is the last? Why do you think the author decides to write part of this chapter from Cathy’s point of view?
2. How are Cathy’s parents and Esperanza’s parents alike?
Our Good Day
(choose one question)
1. Briefly describe Lucy and Rachel. Why do you think Esperanza likes them?
2. Why do you think Esperanza decides to buy the bicycle with Lucy and Rachel, knowing she will make Cathy “mad forever”? What does Esperanza learn about herself and the kinds of friends she wants to have?
Laughter
(choose one question)
1. In what ways is Esperanza’s sister, Nenny, similar to Esperanza?
2. What observation about family do you think Cisneros is making in this chapter?
Gil’s Furniture Bought & Sold
(choose two questions)
1. In what way is Esperanza both disappointed in the music box Nenny finds and delighted with it? To what extent may the box be considered a metaphor for Esperanza’s neighborhood?
2. Why do you think the old man does not want to sell the music box?
4. Contrast Nenny’s behavior toward the man who owns the junk shop with Esperanza’s. Why doesn’t Esperanza talk to the old man?
5. Read the following passage from the story. What do you think Esperanza is feeling? “And then I don’t know why, but I have to turn around and pretend I don’t care about the box so Nenny won’t see how stupid I am.”"
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