Heroes and Saints Quizzes

Heroes and Saints Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of Heroes and Saints?
Gloria Anzaldúa

Cherrie Moraga

Sandra Cisneros

Esmeralda Santiago
2 Where does the play take place?
Los Angeles

San Francisco

Sacramento

McLaughlin
3 How does the actress who plays Cerezita move around on stage?
Walking

She's carried

An electric wheelchair

She sits in a chair during the play
4 Why does Moraga say that the characters are surrounded by "dirt" not "land"?
The land has been poisoned by chemicals and overworked

It's been developed

They're preparing to plant

There's nothing growing there
5 In the opening scene, what are the children carrying?
Grapes

A child-size cross

Dolls

Picket signs
6 Who is Ana Perez?
A boss at the agrigultural company

Don Gilberto's wife

Dolores's neighbor

A news reporter covering the events in McLaughlin
7 How did Cerezita get her name?
Her favorite food is cherries

It was her grandmother's name

Dolores was picking cherries when she was born

Because she has a round, cherry-like face
8 Why are dead children being hung up on crosses?
People are very religious in McLaughlin

To make sure their deaths are not ignored

It was a joke

Arrowhead is sending a warning to residents
9 What types of health problems do the pesticides NOT cause?
Birth Defects

Tumors

Cancer

Loss of speech
10 "It ran like a tiny river down her breast" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Irony
11 Mario, Yolanda, and Cerezita are:
Friends

Co-workers

Siblings

Cousins
12 Why does Arrowhead donate drinking water to the community?
There's a drought in California

Because the community's tap water is contaminated by the pesticides Arrowhead uses

The community does not have running water

Because there was a false story about how Arrowhead contaminated the water
13 Why was Amparo threatened at work?
She was rude to the bosses

She organized a strike at work

The bosses don't like her talking to the media

She was late
14 Why does Dolores hide Cerezita behind a curtain?
She doesn't want people to see her

She's protective of Cerezita

She thinks people will treat her badly because she's different

All of the above
15 Who is Juan?
A Catholic priest

Dolores's husband

Amparo's husband

Cerezita's brother
16 How does Dolores view her daughter?
Intelligent

Dirty, cochina

Wise

Innocent, a saint
17 What is Juan's first impression of Cerezita?
He's impressed by her intelligence

He's attracted to her

He pities her

He's indifferent to her
18 What does Cerezita think about God?
She doesn't have any use for God

She's unsure if she believes in God

She's deeply religious

She's angry at God for creating her without a full body
19 Why do so many people have health problems in McLaughlin?
The AIDS epidemic is raging

They eat unhealthily

There's no doctors in the community

High exposure to toxic pesticides
20 The crop dusters are an example of what?
Imagery

Symbolism

Irony

Allegory
21 Why won't Dolores go to the protest?
She has to take care of Cerezita

She doesn't like getting politically involved

She's scared of getting in trouble from the bosses

She has to work
22 Where is Cerezita's father?
He left the family when she was little

He got deported to Mexico

He's working in San Francisco

He died of cancer
23 Why is Yolanda worried about her daughter?
She disappeared

She stopped talking

She was born without a full body

She's not eating
24 What language(s) is the play written in?
Spanish

English

English and Portuguese

English and Spanish
25 Why does Dolores yell at Don Gilberto?
He laughed at Cerezita

He keeps talking about the union

He got drunk at her house

He can't "control his wife"

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