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Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street

Read The House on Mango Street and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. How many people live with the narrator by the time the family moves to Mango Street?

eight

four

twelve

six

2. Why did the family leave the flat on Loomis Street?

The landlord needed the apartment for his daughter and her baby.

There were too many people living in a one-bedroom apartment.

The water pipes broke, and the landlord refused to fix them.

They hadn’t paid their rent in a six months.

3. Which of the following characteristics does the narrator not associate with a “real house”?

a swimming pool

a basement

running water

three washrooms

4. Why was the laundromat below the narrator’s apartment on Loomis Street boarded up?

It had been closed for years.

There had been a fire.

It had been robbed.

The narrator threw a rock through he window.

5. What does the nun say to the narrator when she sees her playing outside her old apartment?

“Get out of the street.”

“Someday you’ll have a real house.”

“Where are your parents?”

“You live there?”