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    This document contains a series of exercises from "The House on Mango Street" worksheet. Exercise A contains true/false questions about a character named Gerald. Exercise B asks students to fill in blanks about a character named Ruthie. Exercise C contains comprehension questions about a character named Earl of Tennessee. Exercise D has students put events from a vignette in order. Exercise E matches literary devices to examples. Exercise F prompts students to write their own short vignette.

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    This document contains a series of exercises from "The House on Mango Street" worksheet. Exercise A contains true/false questions about a character named Gerald. Exercise B asks students to fill in blanks about a character named Ruthie. Exercise C contains comprehension questions about a character named Earl of Tennessee. Exercise D has students put events from a vignette in order. Exercise E matches literary devices to examples. Exercise F prompts students to write their own short vignette.

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    This document contains a series of exercises from "The House on Mango Street" worksheet. Exercise A contains true/false questions about a character named Gerald. Exercise B asks students to fill in blanks about a character named Ruthie. Exercise C contains comprehension questions about a character named Earl of Tennessee. Exercise D has students put events from a vignette in order. Exercise E matches literary devices to examples. Exercise F prompts students to write their own short vignette.

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    The House on Mango Street

    Worksheet (pg 36-42)


    Exercise A: Geraldo No Last Name

    Decide if the statements are true or false

    1. Gerald was born in the USA. True/False


    2. Gerald was someone who Marin met once. True/False
    3. Gerald survived an accident. True/False
    4. Marin probably cared about Gerald. True/False
    5. Gerald probably liked the colour green. True/False
    6. Gerald and Marin knew a lot about one another. True/False
    7. Gerald did not lose a lot of blood. True/False
    8. Gerald and Marin met at a museum. True/False

    Exercise B: Edna’s Ruthie

    Fill in the gaps with the missing words.

    1. Ruthie has a _________ called Bobo.


    2. When someone _____________, they sound like a nightingale, which is a bird with a beautiful voice.
    3. Ruthie likes to eat _____________, but only the soft kind, because if she eats the hard kind, she might have
    to see a dentist.
    4. Ruthie thinks that the moon looks like a ______________.
    5. The car had to wait for _______________ minutes before it left.
    6. Ruthie is good at singing and _____________.
    7. If Ruthie reads books she gets a _____________.
    8. Ruthie’s eyes got _____________ when she looked at the sky.

    Exercise C: The Earl of Tennessee

    Answer the comprehension questions

    1. Who saw a cockroach?


    2. Why are Earl’s blinds closed during the day?
    3. Who are Earl’s two little friends?
    4. Where did Earl learn to repair jukeboxes?
    5. What does Earl keep in his boxes?
    6. What colour does Esperanza think Earl’s wife’s hair is?
    7. What do Esperanza and her Mom not agree on?

    Exercise D: Sire

    Put the events in the order they occur in the vignette, using numbers.

    a) Esperanza imagines talking with the trees. __________


    b) Esperanza walked past the man’s house. __________
    c) The man’s girlfriend Lois turned up. __________
    d) Esperanza imagines a kiss. __________
    e) Esperanza remembers a scene at a grocery store. __________
    f) Esperanza sees the man tying the woman’s shoes. __________
    g) Esperanza stared back because she felt courageous. __________
    h) Esperanza talks about hearing them laughing. __________
    Exercise E: Four Skinny Trees

    Match the literary devices to the examples.

    personification repetition simile rhyme contrast

    hyperbole alliteration

    1. ‘When there is nothing left to look at on this street.’ __________


    2. ‘They’d all droop like tulips in a glass.’ __________
    3. ‘Four whose only reason is to be and be’. __________
    4. ‘Four skinny trees with point skinny necks and pointy elbows.’ __________
    5. ‘Grow down and grab the earth’ __________
    6. ‘Keep, keep, keep, trees says when I sleep.’ __________
    7. ‘Four who grew despite concrete.’ __________

    Exercise F: Your Vignette.

    Write a short vignette like ‘Four Skinny Trees’ describing something special about where you live.

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