The house on mango street 1. The parents’ description from paragraph 4 of the house they will get in the future illustrates that the parents are-
a. Defeated
b. Understanding
c. Dreamers
d. Honest

2. Based on how the nun reacted to where the narrator lives, we can infer that-
a. The narrator lives in a beautiful house
b. The nun feels sorry for the narrator

3. Because of the way the narrator describes her family’s homes throughout the passage, the reader can infer that the family is-
a. Poor
b. Comfortable
c. Wealthy

4. The narrator can best be described as-
a. Discontent
b. Happy
c. Jealous
d. Grateful

5. Based on the narrator’s thoughts in the final paragraph, how does the narrator feel about moving?
a. She is hopeful that her parents will grow to love The House on Mango Street
b. She loves her house and does not want to move to a new one
c. She is optimistic that her parents will find a better place to live
d. She doesn’t believe it will ever happen

c. Dreamers

b. The nun feels sorry for the narrator

a. Poor

a. Discontent

d. She doesn’t believe it will ever happen

Explanation:

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

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