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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss Conchita Banana say you should never put bananas?

2. What does Don Jose want in Act 1?

3. How much does the Beauty Queen make for her contests?

4. What song plays for the contestant from Mexico?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the Women see in each other at the end of the play? What does the Girl do?

3. In what state is the Girl in the last scene of the play? How do the Women react to her?

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

5. What story does Senorita 2 tell about the Man?

6. What does the Daughter want to do? What does her mother say?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the disparity of gender roles and expectations presented in the play. How are these exemplified in the text? In which scenes? Which characters are representative of these inequalities?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of symbolism and motif in the play. Define these terms and give examples of each within the text. What is the primary motif used in Beautiful Senoritas? How are these symbols and motifs used to illuminate the themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the tragic and comic elements of Beautiful Senoritas. Which characters embody tragedy and which reflect the comedy? How is Prida's use of comedy useful to expressing the messages in the play?

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