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Rules of Trashketball1. Stay in your seats at all times.2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss the
answer to a question AND3. 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• 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
Answer
B. It is small and red with tight steps and window so small you’d think they were
holding their breath
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?
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
6
What type of sandwich does Esperanza bring to lunch the day she gets to eat in the "Canteen" at school?
7
Which one of the following demonstrates a simile?A. Two girls raggedy as rats live across the streetB. Five dollars, five dollarsC. In English my names means hopeD. I would like to baptize myself under a new name
12
• What does Esperanza and Nenny want to buy at the antiques store (what do the girls call it in the book)?
14
• What is the name of the boy Marin dances with at a club? (He is later killed by a hit-and-run accident.)
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
22
• Esperanza has several interactions with nuns in the story. How do the nuns generally make Esperanza feel?