The House on Mango Street | Part VIII: Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark, Born Bad, and Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water
Study Questions
1. Whose funeral must Esperanza’s father attend?
2. Why does Esperanza hold her father?
3. Why does Esperanza think she will go to hell?
4. What is Esperanza’s theory about disease?
5. What does Esperanza discover when she reads The Waterbabies to her aunt?
6. What does Aunt Lupe say to Esperanza about writing?
7. What does Esperanza wish she could do while Elenita is getting ready?
8. What interrupts Elenita while she is telling Esperanza’s fortune?
9. How much does Esperanza pay for her fortune?
10. What does Elenita...
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