Heroes and Saints Quizzes

Heroes and Saints Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of Heroes and Saints?
Sandra Cisneros

Esmeralda Santiago

Cherrie Moraga

Gloria Anzaldúa
2 Where does the play take place?
San Francisco

McLaughlin

Sacramento

Los Angeles
3 How does the actress who plays Cerezita move around on stage?
An electric wheelchair

She sits in a chair during the play

She's carried

Walking
4 Why does Moraga say that the characters are surrounded by "dirt" not "land"?
There's nothing growing there

They're preparing to plant

It's been developed

The land has been poisoned by chemicals and overworked
5 In the opening scene, what are the children carrying?
Dolls

A child-size cross

Grapes

Picket signs
6 Who is Ana Perez?
Don Gilberto's wife

Dolores's neighbor

A boss at the agrigultural company

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

Dolores was picking cherries when she was born

It was her grandmother's name

Because she has a round, cherry-like face
8 Why are dead children being hung up on crosses?
To make sure their deaths are not ignored

People are very religious in McLaughlin

It was a joke

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

Cancer

Tumors

Loss of speech
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:
Friends

Co-workers

Cousins

Siblings
12 Why does Arrowhead donate drinking water to the community?
The community does not have running water

There's a drought in California

Because there was a false story about how Arrowhead contaminated the water

Because the community's tap water is contaminated by the pesticides Arrowhead uses
13 Why was Amparo threatened at work?
She was rude to the bosses

She was late

The bosses don't like her talking to the media

She organized a strike at work
14 Why does Dolores hide Cerezita behind a curtain?
She thinks people will treat her badly because she's different

She doesn't want people to see her

She's protective of Cerezita

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

Amparo's husband

Dolores's husband

Cerezita's brother
16 How does Dolores view her daughter?
Innocent, a saint

Intelligent

Dirty, cochina

Wise
17 What is Juan's first impression of Cerezita?
He's impressed by her intelligence

He's indifferent to her

He's attracted to her

He pities her
18 What does Cerezita think about God?
She's deeply religious

She doesn't have any use for God

She's unsure if she believes in God

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

High exposure to toxic pesticides

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

Imagery

Allegory

Irony
21 Why won't Dolores go to the protest?
She doesn't like getting politically involved

She's scared of getting in trouble from the bosses

She has to take care of Cerezita

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

He died of cancer

He's working in San Francisco

He got deported to Mexico
23 Why is Yolanda worried about her daughter?
She's not eating

She stopped talking

She was born without a full body

She disappeared
24 What language(s) is the play written in?
English and Portuguese

English and Spanish

Spanish

English
25 Why does Dolores yell at Don Gilberto?
He keeps talking about the union

He can't "control his wife"

He got drunk at her house

He laughed at Cerezita

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