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Maria had ___ kids
What is 3 kids?
What is the object Carmen and Ricardo eloped on?
What is a bicycle.
What occupation did Ricardo want for Maria?
Secretary and house wife.
This U.S. city is where María and her family move in search of a better life.
What is Los Angeles?
What religion is Carmen and Ricardo?
What is Catholic?
Maria’s parents expect her to follow this traditional path instead of pursuing higher education
What is being a married housewife?
What is the sport Maria got in trouble for playing?
What is football.
At María’s wedding, what symbolic item was used in place of a traditional wedding ring, and what did it symbolize?
A gold collar. Her husband's ownership and control over Maria.
María lives with these two family members at the beginning of the play.
Who are her mother and her father?
The three angelic girls say what is Maria’s goal as a Mexican woman?
What is to reproduce.
Maria is passionate about this subject in school, which represents her dreams and aspirations.
What is acting?
Who is the person Ricardo received a letter from?
Who is cousin Pedro.
What were the gender roles in Maria's family/ culture ?
Women and girls: Cook and clean for the men in their life. Means for reproduction. House wives and nurturing mother role.
Men and boys: Authority figures, oppressive and the bread winners. Support and "protect" the household.
María argues with her parents because she wants to go to this place instead of getting married.
What is college?
Why does Ricardo bring his daughter Maria to America?
What is to have a better life.
Maria's mother warns her that if she pursues her dreams instead of following tradition, this will happen to her.
What is no one will want to marry her
What is the cleaning product a man gifted to his wife in the commercial?
What is a bottle of Ajax.
Who did "Maria 2" and "Mary" represent.
Maria 2: The "perfect" Mexican women: traditional, obedient, and follows cultural expectations.
Mary: The assimilated, Americanized version of María. Independent, and career oriented.
María struggles to balance these two cultures while growing up in the U.S.
What are Mexican and American cultures?
What is a point of disagreement between Maria and her parents?
What is housework.
This is the ultimate decision Maria makes about her future, defying her parents expectations
What is going to college or chasing her dreams
What is the name Maria wanted to name her first daughter?
What is Esperanza.
What event led to Maria's decision of going to school and following her dreams?
Hearing her father cheat on her mother, and her mother finally standing up for herself exclaiming "I love you, Ricardo! But I can no longer
go on living like this or I'll be betraying myself and I'll
be betraying MARÍA."
María dreams of becoming this when she grows up, which her parents disapprove of.
What is an actress?
What is María put on trial for?
What is not being a good traditional Mexican wife.