Battlebook+MinJi.K

//The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros//(p.110)

1)What did Lucy and Rachel suggest to the protagonist when they first meet each other?

Lucy, the smaller one, said that she will become of friend of protagonist, in the case where she pay five dollars to her.

2)What was main character’s name and explain its meaning in English and Spanish.

Esperanza: It means wish in english and numeral letters in Spanish.

3)Who was the girl, who promised Esperanza to befriend until Thursday? And what was short phrase, which describes her?

She was the girl named Cathy. And her nick name was “Queen of Cats”.

4)Who moved to Cathy’s house after she left the Mango Street?

Meme Ortiz

5)Why did Alicia, whose mother passed away, study at the university?

It is because she did not want to waste her entire life on working as a factory worker.

6) Where did Eperanza’s pals, living far behind the school or living without mother, eat lunch at school? How did she know whether they eat at canteen or not?

They eat lunch at canteen and the keys worn around their neck was the indicator.

7) When did Esperanzo saw her papa crying for the first time?

Papa shed tear in front of Esperanzo for the first time when he heard about news of his father’s - Esperanzo’s abuelito (grandfather)- death.

8) What was Esperanzo’s first job and why did she want to work?

She wanted to pay for tuition of private high school, so she worked it as a “Peter Pan Photo Finisher on North Broadway.”

9) What was Minerva’s, who shares poem with Esperanzo, biggest trouble? Her husband, who has constantly left her

10) Why did Esperanzo dislike and grumbled about living in inner city?

It is because she can not see the beautiful sky and butterflies.

30 pages from //Chinese Cinderella// by Adeline Yen Mah

11)Why was Adeline considered as a misfortune in her family?

Due to the fact that their mom died while she was giving a birth to Adeline, all of the family members regard her as bad luck to her family.

12) What was her stepmother’s name? Niang

13) Why did Grandmother Nai Nai walk so slowly?

It was because she was forced to bound her feet when she was young.

14) Why did Grandmother had to bind her feet?

It was Chinese tradition that if female has small feet, they will be married to wealthy and powerful man.

15) What was the country that conquered part of China, including her hometown -Tanjin.

Japan