Heroes and Saints Quizzes

Heroes and Saints Quiz 1

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1 Who is the author of Heroes and Saints?

Cherrie Moraga

Gloria Anzaldúa

Sandra Cisneros

Esmeralda Santiago
2 Where does the play take place?

San Francisco

Sacramento

Los Angeles

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

An electric wheelchair

She's carried

She sits in a chair during the play

Walking
4 Why does Moraga say that the characters are surrounded by "dirt" not "land"?

It's been developed

The land has been poisoned by chemicals and overworked

There's nothing growing there

They're preparing to plant
5 In the opening scene, what are the children carrying?

A child-size cross

Picket signs

Dolls

Grapes
6 Who is Ana Perez?

Don Gilberto's wife

A boss at the agrigultural company

Dolores's neighbor

A news reporter covering the events in McLaughlin
7 How did Cerezita get her name?

Dolores was picking cherries when she was born

Her favorite food is cherries

It was her grandmother's name

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

It was a joke

People are very religious in McLaughlin

To make sure their deaths are not ignored

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

Tumors

Cancer

Loss of speech

Birth Defects
10 "It ran like a tiny river down her breast" is an example of what literary device?

Irony

Simile

Personification

Metaphor
11 Mario, Yolanda, and Cerezita are:

Co-workers

Siblings

Friends

Cousins
12 Why does Arrowhead donate drinking water to the community?

The community does not have running water

There's a drought in California

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

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

She was late

She organized a strike at work

She was rude to the bosses

The bosses don't like her talking to the media
14 Why does Dolores hide Cerezita behind a curtain?

She's protective of Cerezita

She doesn't want people to see her

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

All of the above
15 Who is Juan?

Cerezita's brother

Amparo's husband

Dolores's husband

A Catholic priest
16 How does Dolores view her daughter?

Dirty, cochina

Wise

Intelligent

Innocent, a saint
17 What is Juan's first impression of Cerezita?

He's attracted to her

He's impressed by her intelligence

He's indifferent to her

He pities her
18 What does Cerezita think about God?

She's angry at God for creating her without a full body

She doesn't have any use for God

She's unsure if she believes in God

She's deeply religious
19 Why do so many people have health problems in McLaughlin?

The AIDS epidemic is raging

They eat unhealthily

High exposure to toxic pesticides

There's no doctors in the community
20 The crop dusters are an example of what?

Allegory

Symbolism

Imagery

Irony
21 Why won't Dolores go to the protest?

She doesn't like getting politically involved

She has to work

She has to take care of Cerezita

She's scared of getting in trouble from the bosses
22 Where is Cerezita's father?

He left the family when she was little

He's working in San Francisco

He died of cancer

He got deported to Mexico
23 Why is Yolanda worried about her daughter?

She stopped talking

She disappeared

She was born without a full body

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

English and Spanish

English

Spanish

English and Portuguese
25 Why does Dolores yell at Don Gilberto?

He laughed at Cerezita

He got drunk at her house

He keeps talking about the union

He can't "control his wife"

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