Heroes and Saints Quizzes

Heroes and Saints Quiz 1

By Michelle Cameron · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed December 28, 2022

1 Who is the author of Heroes and Saints?

Gloria Anzaldúa

Sandra Cisneros

Cherrie Moraga

Esmeralda Santiago
2 Where does the play take place?

Sacramento

San Francisco

McLaughlin

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

An electric wheelchair

Walking

She's carried

She sits in a chair during the play
4 Why does Moraga say that the characters are surrounded by "dirt" not "land"?

There's nothing growing there

The land has been poisoned by chemicals and overworked

They're preparing to plant

It's been developed
5 In the opening scene, what are the children carrying?

Picket signs

Dolls

A child-size cross

Grapes
6 Who is Ana Perez?

Dolores's neighbor

A news reporter covering the events in McLaughlin

A boss at the agrigultural company

Don Gilberto's wife
7 How did Cerezita get her name?

Her favorite food is cherries

It was her grandmother's name

Because she has a round, cherry-like face

Dolores was picking cherries when she was born
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

Loss of speech

Tumors

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

Metaphor

Irony

Simile

Personification
11 Mario, Yolanda, and Cerezita are:

Siblings

Cousins

Co-workers

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

The community does not have running water

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

There's a drought in California
13 Why was Amparo threatened at work?

She was late

She was rude to the bosses

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's protective of Cerezita

She doesn't want people to see her

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?

Wise

Dirty, cochina

Innocent, a saint

Intelligent
17 What is Juan's first impression of Cerezita?

He's attracted to her

He's impressed by her intelligence

He pities her

He's indifferent to her
18 What does Cerezita think about God?

She's deeply religious

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

She's unsure if she believes in God

She doesn't have any use for God
19 Why do so many people have health problems in McLaughlin?

The AIDS epidemic is raging

There's no doctors in the community

They eat unhealthily

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

Allegory

Imagery

Symbolism

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

She has to work

She has to take care of Cerezita

She doesn't like getting politically involved

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

He died of cancer

He left the family when she was little

He got deported to Mexico

He's working in San Francisco
23 Why is Yolanda worried about her daughter?

She was born without a full body

She stopped talking

She disappeared

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

Spanish

English and Portuguese

English

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

He keeps talking about the union

He got drunk at her house

He laughed at Cerezita

He can't "control his wife"

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