Characters
Who makes the dolls every year?
The Aunt
What gift does the aunt give each niece every year?
A doll
What do the dolls mainly symbolize?
The nieces (also women)
What literary style mixes ordinary life with extraordinary events in this story?
Magical Realism
What country was the author from?
Puerto Rico
How many nieces does the aunt raise?
Nine (9)
Why doesn’t the aunt marry?
DOUBLE
Because of her permanent leg injury.
What do the jewels and porcelain of the dolls represent?
Beauty and wealth
Which of these is an example of Magical Realism?
Avengers
Lord of the Rings
Malcom X
Coco
Coco
Who wrote The Youngest Doll?
Rosario Ferré
What happens to the aunt’s leg?
It is bitten by a prawn and never heals.
Who never cures the aunt’s wound, and why?
The doctor; he profits from her illness.
What do the Prawn symbolize?
DOUBLE
Men and patriarchy
In Frozen, Anna tells Hans, “We can finish each other’s—” and Hans finishes with “Sandwiches,” instead of “sentences.” What type of irony is this?
A) Situational irony
B) Verbal irony
C) Dramatic irony
D) None of the above
B) Verbal irony
"The doctor's son has a ____ silhouette"
paper
Why does the doctor’s son want to marry the youngest niece?
DOUBLE
For social and financial gain.
What happens to the youngest niece after she marries the doctor’s son?
She is treated like a possession and displayed like a doll.
What does the doctor symbolize?
Greed
In The Lion King, the audience knows Scar killed Mufasa, but Simba does not and blames himself. What type of irony is this?
A) Situational irony
B) Verbal irony
C) Dramatic irony
D) None of the above
A) Situational irony
The Youngest Doll was filled with honey, what about the other dolls?
Cotton
At the end of the story, what crawls out of the Youngest Doll's eyes?
Angry Prawns
How does magical realism appear in the story’s final scene?
The doll is alive and has moved and talked.
The author Rosario Ferré wrote this story because she thought a certain story was anti woman and wanted to reply to it. Whats that story?
Pandora
In Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, Doctor Strange tells Tony Stark, “We’re in the endgame now.” Later, the next movie is titled Avengers: Endgame. What type of irony is this?
A) Situational irony
B) Verbal irony
C) Dramatic irony
D) None of the above
D) None of the above