Question

enl mid - term assessment: \the house on mango street\
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part a: parts of speech & grammar (12 questions)
section focus: nouns, capitalization, and grammatical concepts
basic identification (questions 1 - 4) — 1 point each

1. in the opening line \we didnt always live on mango street,\ identify the proper noun

a) we
b) mango street
c) always
d) live

1. which word in the sentence \esperanza dreams of escaping her small house\ is a common noun?

a) esperanza
b) dreams
c) house
d) escaping

1. in \the house on mango street,\ cisneros capitalizes character names like esperanza, nenny, and alicia. why does the author use capitalization for these words?

a) to show they are proper nouns representing specific individuals
b) to emphasize that they are unimportant characters
c) to indicate the beginning of sentences
d) to make the text harder to read

1. which sentence demonstrates correct capitalization of a proper noun from the novel?

a) esperanza lives on mango street
b) esperanza lives on mango street
c) esperanza lives on mango street
d) esperanza lives on mango street

Explanation:

Question 1

A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. "Mango Street" is a specific street name, so it's a proper noun. "We" is a pronoun, "always" is an adverb, "live" is a verb.

A common noun is a general name for a person, place, or thing. "House" is a general term for a dwelling. "Esperanza" is a proper noun (name of a person), "dreams" is a verb (or noun but not common in this context), "escaping" is a verb (gerund).

Capitalizing character names (like Esperanza, Nenny, Alicia) is done because they are proper nouns representing specific individuals. Option b is wrong (they are important), c is about sentence beginnings (not the case here), d is wrong (capitalization makes reading clearer, not harder).

Answer:

b) Mango Street

Question 2