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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. In the song the Senoritas sing, what do they have in their souls?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Love.
(c) Maracas.
(d) Tambourines.

2. Who arrives as the Midwife speaks to the audience in Act 1?
(a) The Father.
(b) The Mother.
(c) The Son.
(d) The Girl.

3. What is "carried by the winds of emotion," according to the Midwife?
(a) The smile.
(b) The butterfly.
(c) The woman.
(d) The heart.

4. What would the Midwife exchange a butterfly for?
(a) A baby.
(b) A mother.
(c) A permanent laugh.
(d) A permanent smile.

5. What does the midwife say is like a "burned-out star wandering through the galaxies"?
(a) A rose.
(b) A smile.
(c) A frown.
(d) A tear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song plays when Miss Commonwealth appears?

2. Who does Miss Commonwealth encounter when she is about to exit?

3. Who does Little Miss Havana say took away everything her family had?

4. What does the Beauty Queen want to be discovered and become?

5. Why doesn't Miss Commonwealth have a boyfriend yet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting for the play described? How do the scene changes take place?

2. Describe the character Little Miss Havana. What are her assets?

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

4. What does the Son tell the Mother about his girlfriend? What does the Mother reply to him?

5. Who enters with the Priest? What do they do?

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

7. What does the Girl conclude about being a woman in the end of the play?

8. What does the Girl do as the Midwife speaks to the audience in Act 1?

9. What does Martyr 1 tell the Girl about?

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

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