My Name - Sandra Cisneros*

By Cassandra Abete
Last updated about 4 years ago
29 Questions
Note from the author:
Miss Abete 8th grade reading
1.

Metaphor or Simile?

It is like the number nine.

2.

Metaphor or Simile?

A muddy color.

3.

Metaphor or Simile?

It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings...

4.

Metaphor or Simile?

songs like sobbing

5.

What words used by the narrator in this paragraph show a negative mood? (Check all that apply)

6.

Who is the narrator named after?

7.

What two cultures does the narrator compare when it comes to how women are treated?

8.

Why was her great-grandmother considered "wild?"

9.

What does the narrator mean when she says her grandmother "looked out the window her whole life?"

10.

Esperanza states she doesn't "want to inherit her place by the window." What conclusion can the reader make with this statement?

11.

Who is Magdalena?

12.

What does Esperanza think of Magdalena´s name?

13.

Does Esperanza like her own name?

14.

What is Esperanza revealing to us about her feelings about herself, her life and her dreams for the future through the discussion of her name?

15.

Metaphor or Simile?

It is like the number nine.

16.

Metaphor or Simile?

A muddy color.

17.

Metaphor or Simile?

It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings...

18.

Metaphor or Simile?

songs like sobbing

19.

What words used by the narrator in this paragraph show a negative mood? (Check all that apply)

20.

Who is the narrator named after?

21.

What two cultures does the narrator compare when it comes to how women are treated?

22.

Why was her great-grandmother considered "wild?"

23.

What does the narrator mean when she says her grandmother "looked out the window her whole life?"

24.

Esperanza states she doesn't "want to inherit her place by the window." What conclusion can the reader make with this statement?

25.

Who is Magdalena?

26.

What does Esperanza think of Magdalena´s name?

27.

Does Esperanza like her own name?

28.

What is Esperanza revealing to us about her feelings about herself, her life and her dreams for the future through the discussion of her name?

29.

Look up the meaning of your name on Google. What does it mean?