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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. Who danced at the Radio City Music Hall?
(a) Alicia Alonso.
(b) Ginger Rogers.
(c) Iris Chacon.
(d) Charo.

2. Where does Woman 2 say the women have given birth?
(a) On the bare soil.
(b) In their homes.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In the churches.

3. What brothel does Don Jose mention in Act 1?
(a) La Casa de Jose.
(b) La Casa de Maria.
(c) La Casa de Luisa.
(d) La Casa de Tequila.

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

5. Which contestant is from Mexico?
(a) Miss Chicarita.
(b) Miss Chili Tamale.
(c) Miss Mexico City.
(d) Miss Taco Grande.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the MC call Miss Commonwealth?

2. What would the Midwife exchange a butterfly for?

3. What does Maria la O do in her scene with the Beauty Queen?

4. What does the Beauty Queen say that she does every day?

5. How does Woman 2 say her mother and grandmother walked the land?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Don Jose react when the Midwife tells him he has a daughter?

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

3. What do the Women do to the Girl in the last scene? What do they tell her?

4. What does the Gurrillera tell the Martyrs they must do before the meeting? What do they do?

5. What does the Guerrillera tell the Martyrs? What does she convince them to do?

6. What does one of the Women say about songs and movies, and how they taught her to be a woman?

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

8. What does Miss Chili Tamale say is her dream? Why?

9. What do the Women speak of hearing while they dance in Act 2?

10. What happens in the dance scene? How is the Man dressed in this scene?

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