House on Mango Street
Across
- 2. / Esperanza’s father
- 4. NACHO / Esperanza’s friendly uncle, who gets her to dance at her cousin’s baptism in “Chanclas.”
- 5. / A neighbor who works nights and tries to sleep during the day
- 8. / Esperanza’s best friend
- 10. NAME / The chapter where Esperanza talks about her name
- 11. / Esperanza’s mother
- 12. / Esperanza’s first friend in the neighborhood
- 13. / Esperanza’s first crush
- 14. / A witch woman Esperanza visits to have her fortune told
- 16. Three Sisters / Old ladies Esperanza meets at Lucy and Rachel’s baby sister’s wake
- 17. / A Mexican man Marin meets at a dance
- 18. / The eldest sibling in a Puerto Rican family that lives in the basement of the Ortiz house
- 21. / The overweight Mexican wife of another neighbor
Down
- 1. / young woman from Puerto Rico who lives with her cousin’s family
- 3. / Esperanza’s friend who attends a local university
- 6. LUPE / Esperanza’s aunt
- 7. / Esperanza’s best friend
- 9. / Main Character
- 10. STREET / The name of the street Esperanza moved into a house on
- 11. ORITZ / The new resident of Cathy’s house
- 12. / Esperanza’s younger brother
- 15. / Esperanza’s little sister.
- 19. / young girl Esperanza befriends the same year she moves to Mango Street
- 20. / Esperanza’s younger brother