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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the MC ask Miss Conchita Banana?
(a) If she is American.
(b) If she really likes bananas.
(c) If she is from Florida.
(d) If she is from Cuba.

2. Who is Woman 3 previously in the beauty pageant?
(a) Miss Commonwealth.
(b) Little Miss Havana.
(c) Miss Conchita Banana.
(d) Miss Chili Tamale.

3. What does Little Miss Havana wear?
(a) An evening gown.
(b) A string of pearls.
(c) A nurse's uniform.
(d) A clown costume.

4. What do you need to catch a man, according to Miss Commonwealth?
(a) A smile.
(b) Money.
(c) Looks.
(d) To know the tricks.

5. What does the Midwife talk about in her stomach?
(a) A hunger.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A baby.
(d) A sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "In Managua, in San Juan, in an Andes mountain town. She'll be put on a pedestal and trampled upon at the same time"?

2. What does Don Jose throw in Act 1?

3. What does Maria la O complain is hurting her?

4. What event is the male character awaiting in Act 1?

5. What is one of the titles the Beauty Queen has won?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Catch Woman 3 use her eyes to attract a man?

2. Why does the girl who Miss Commonwealth speaks of always smile?

3. What happened to Senorita 3's sister?

4. What is "The Wedding Song" about? Who sings it?

5. What does Woman 3 do at the beginning of Act 2? What is her song about?

6. What does the Midwife tell Maria la O as she is leaving? Why?

7. Who "catches" the Man, of the Catch Women? What does the Girl do after they exit?

8. What do the Women combine to say about their daughters in the end of Act 2?

9. What is the trick that Catch Woman 2 tells the Girl as to getting a man?

10. What does the Mother tell her Son she hopes for him? What does he reply?

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