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Characters
Words to Know
Miscellaneous
Setting
So you think you know Maria...
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Our main character. She must make a thoughtful decision.
Who is Maria?
100
This means without any mistakes or weaknesses.
What is flawless?
100
Maria Triste means _____________ Maria.
What is sad?
100
Maria is originally from ______________.
What is Puerto Rico?
100
Maria came to the U.S. for an American ____________.
What is education?
200
Maria’s mother. She has decided to divorce Maria’s father.
Who is Mami?
200
This means to lower in dignity or importance.
What is humble?
200
Maria Alegre means ______________ Maria.
What is happy?
200
In our story, Maria currently lives in a ________________ with her father.
What is a barrio/ apartment?
200
Maria's mother used to call her by two animal names? What were those animals?
What is a dove and mouse?
300
These characters wolf whistle at Papi and make fun of Maria’s mother.
Who are the barrio women?
300
This means to find a satisfactory solution to a problem.
What is resolve?
300
What point of view is the story told from? First, second, or third?
What is first?
300
What "transforms" the street at the end of the story?
What is rain?
300
What color did Maria paint Mami's new room?
What is yellow?
400
Maria’s father. He is upset that Maria’s mother wants a divorce
Who is Papi?
400
This means sudden and striking.
What is dramatic?
400
Who is the narrator of the story?
Who is Maria?
400
True or False: Maria's father was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
What is False. He is from the barrio.
400
True or False: Maria's best friend is Whoopee Dominguez.
What is true?
500
This is Maria’s mother’s new boyfriend. He is a school teacher.
Who is Julio?
500
This word means unworthy or repulsive (disgusting).
What is disdain?
500
What are the two literary forms found in Call Me Maria?
What is a poem and a story.
500
Maria calls the boiler in the next room this nickname.
What is the Dragon?
500
Maria writes ______________.
What is poetry?