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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 Don Jose throw in Act 1?
(a) His cigar.
(b) His hat.
(c) His cane.
(d) His shoe.

2. What does the Beauty Queen want to be discovered and become?
(a) A movie star.
(b) A stock broker.
(c) A television star.
(d) A game-show host.

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

4. Who does Senorita #1 resemble?
(a) Carmen Miranda.
(b) Charo.
(c) Lucy Diaz.
(d) Iris Chacon.

5. Where was Miss Conchita Banana created, according to the MC?
(a) Rockefeller Drive.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Madison Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the MC say that Latin women are always ready for?

2. Who enters singing at the end of the Midwife's speech in Act 1?

3. What does the Girl make her face up to look like in Act 1?

4. Who does the MC introduce as from the sandy beaches of Florida?

5. In the song the Senoritas sing, what do they have in their souls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Don Jose? What is he awaiting? What does he want?

2. What does Miss Commonwealth recall when she runs into the Girl?

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

4. What does the Researcher suggest that his wife does? What is his reply?

5. What does the Man enter and ask the Martyrs about in Act 2? What is their response?

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

7. How does the scene change after Miss Commonwealth exits?

8. What does the Midwife say about a butterfly? What would she trade a butterfly for?

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

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

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