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Sandwiched Between Mexico And Canada Has America Always Been Doomed To Failure

How many chapters does the house on mango street have?

I read this book and personally I didn't think it was long at all.

Chapter 1 - The House on Mango Street
Chapter 2 - Hairs
Chapter 3 - Boys and Girls
Chapter 4 - My Name
Chapter 5 - Cathy Queen of Cats
Chapter 6 - Our Good Day
Chapter 7 - Laughter
Chapter 8 - Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold
Chapter 9 - Meme Ortiz
Chapter 10 - Louie, His Cousin, & His Other Cousin
Chapter 11 - Marin
Chapter 12 - Those Who Don't
Chapter 13 - There Was an Old Woman...
Chapter 14 - Alicia Who Sees Mice
Chapter 15 - Darius & The Clouds
Chapter 16 - And Some More
Chapter 17 - The Family of Little Feet
Chapter 18 - A Rice Sandwich
Chapter 19 - Chanclas
Chapter 20 - Hips
Chapter 21 - The First Job
Chapter 22 - Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark
Chapter 23 - Born Bad
Chapter 24 - Elenita, Card, Palm, Water
Chapter 25 - Geraldo No Last Name
Chapter 26 - Edna's Ruthie
Chapter 27 - The Earl of Tennessee
Chapter 28 - Sire
Chapter 29 - Four Skinny Trees
Chapter 30 - No Speak English
Chapter 31 - Rafaela Who Drinks Coconut...
Chapter 32 - Sally
Chapter 33 - Minerva Writes Poems
Chapter 34 - Bums in the Attic
Chapter 35 - Beautiful & Cruel
Chapter 36 - A Smart Cookie
Chapter 37 - What Sally Said
Chapter 38 - The Monkey Garden
Chapter 39 - Red Clowns
Chapter 40 - Linoloeum Roses
Chapter 41 - The Three Sisters
Chapter 42 - Alicia & I Talking on Edna's Steps
Chapter 43 - A House of My Own
Chapter 44 - Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes

Chapter 17 ( Advancing Vocab Skills )?

Experts say that the most ordinary matters sometimes create the biggest problems in a marriage. If one is a slob and the other is (1)__________, there is a bound to be trouble.

At first, newlyweds tend to be (2)__________, readily forgiving each other's (3)___________. The wife says it's "sweet" that her husband made the bed while she was still in it and "cute" that he grabbed her a plate to wash it when she picked up her sandwich to take a bite. "You're so helpful," she coos. And he manages a smile when she dumps her too-expensive too-(4)________ gold sequined dress in the middle of the bedroom floor. "We've sure got high-priced, flashy rug," he jokes.

But the honeymoon ends, and the idiosyncrasies that once seemed (5)____________ start to be seriously annoying. He begins to think, "Since my housekeeping is so impeccable, why isn't she picking up my good habits? Why must I wade through dirty pantyhose to reach the closet? Why is there spaghetti sauce on the kitchen ceiling fan again? He (6)_________s her to have some self-respect and stop living like a pig.

And she begins to wonder about him: Why does he insist on dusting the tops of the door frames when no one can see them? So what if she squeezes the toothpaste from the middle of the tube - why should he find that harmless habit so (7)_____________? Maybe he's a ___________ - why else would he be so happy down on his knees, scrubbing the bathroom floor with a toothbrush ( one of the "old " ones that he replaced after using it for a week)?

Soon the accusations and (9) ____________s start. She yells, "You're a zealot for neatness - that's all you care about. You spend more time holding that vacuum cleaner than you spend holding me." He responds, "If you weren't so sloppy , I'd hold you more often. As it is, I have to climb over a mountain of junk just to get near you!"

Eventually, as the two of them continue arguing with each other and berating each other, their feeling of (10) ___________ become so strong that a breakup is imminent. It won't be long before another relationship - so to speak - bites the dust.


Words...
Exhort
flamboyant
foible
innocuous
magnanimous
masochist
meticulous
rancor
recrimination
repugnant

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