Who Are These???
Which main characters do we meet at the beginning of the novel?
Oscar de León(Oscar Wao)
Lola de León
Beli (Hypatia Belicia) Cabral
What happened to Max Sanchez in the Dominican Republic towards the end of Lola's stay?
While taking a film reel to a movie theater he was crushed between two buses, resulting in his death!
Where can a person during the day get their sugar stock but can lose their life at night *in the Caribbean?
The Canefields
The forces of Fukú (curse) and Zafa (counterspell) dictating a person's life, are examples of what...
The Supernatural
Where does Beli send...
1-Lola after catching her after she runs away?
2-Oscar after he gets the green light post getting beat in the Canefield?
Lola is shipped to the Dominican Republic
Oscar is sent back to Paterson
Who is distantly but yet so closely related to the De Leon Family?
La Inca
What occurs to Oscar that many years before occurred to Belicia?
He is brutally beaten in the Canefields due to having a loving interest with someone connected to Governing powers!
In the face of evil, you can trust that you'll always find strengthening and salvation from...
And when you're about to reach the worst point of them all he will pay you a visit of misfortune...
The Mongoose -the blessing or counter-spell to the fukú
The Man With No Face - represents the curse/tragedy
Dominican men using romance to exert power over their partners.
Examples: Trujillo's "culocracy", Yunior's casual use of women...
Love & Violence
What event leads Oscar to attempt to commit suicide during his time at Rutgers?
He walked in on Jenni with another guy!
Who is the father of Beli's 1st baby?
*For an extra 50pts who was the gangster connected to?*
The Gangster
What does Jack Puljos accuse Beli of doing after they get caught in the broom closet?
Jack blames Beli for the entire incident, claiming she was the one that seduced him!
For Diaz and Childish Gambino, celebration and art function as...
a mask, a cover for deep pain and frustration.
When the De Leon family travels to the Dominican Republic they are considered?
Also, when Oscar does not fit into the Dominican "norms"...
The Outsider/ The Immigrant
Who is Ruben? Isis?
Lola's husband and daughter
Who does Oscar fall in love with throughout his life?
Olga, Maritza, Ana, Jenni, Nataly, & Ybon
After Oscar's death, how does Lola and Yunior's life change?
*Two part detailed answer*
Lola moves to Miami where she ends up getting married and having a child.
Yunior finally settles down, buys a home and becomes college Professor.
People like Beli and Trujillo function as ____ to their younger and more innocent acquaintances.
Vampires
The quote "...pushed Oscar onto some little girl and then everyone would howl as boy and girl approximated the hip-monism of the adults" is considered an example of what?
Dominican Masculinity
The main source of the fuku, who reigned in a word where he contained absolute power over the people and his desires.
Trujillo (Historical Allusion)
Name Beli's parents and siblings...
Abelard Luis Cabral Father
Socorro Cabral Mother
Jaquelyn Cabral Eldest Sister
Astrid Cabral Middle Sister
How do Belicia's mother and sisters die?
(For an extra 100pts, tell us what was the motive for Socorro to follow through with her plan)
Socorro- She is hit by a bus
Jaquelyn- She drowns in a pool
Astrid- Is mysteriously shot while in a church
The following are examples of...
The dinner Oscar, Lola and Beli have where Beli reveals her cancer diagnosis.
When Oscar sets up a meeting with Lola to run away with her.
Communion
What is displayed here...
"Adopted a walk that got her yelled at by teachers but that brought the boys and male faculty a-running."
Feminine Sexuality and Power
Why was Abelard arrested? What occurred to him while in prison?
A joke was "taken" out of context ( "Nope, no bodies here." -when he bought a trunk for Lydia) the secret police ratted on him and he was taken into one of Trujillo's prisons.
He was shackled to a chair, placed in the scorching sun and had a wet towel cinched to his forehead (torturing)