Reading Comprehension Quiz ((Judith Ortiz Cofer, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María”)
Reading Comprehension Quiz
Judith Ortiz Cofer, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María”
Read “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.
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8.49 In both the “Maria” and “Evita” incidents, what do the men who sing have in common?
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8.50 In paragraph 5, Cofer writes that “except for Marlo Thomas on TV, I had no models on which to base my decision” regarding the clothes she would wear to Career Day. Why is this?
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8.51 Why did island women, according to Cofer, feel freer to “dress and move more provocatively”?
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8.52 Who or what was the best protection for women in Puerto Rico, according to Cofer?
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8.53 What is the rule regarding piropos?
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8.54 In describing her first kiss, Cofer says that she was compared to a
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8.55 Why does Cofer suggest that Latin women worked in unskilled labor?
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8.56 Before her first poetry reading, Cofer was asked to do which of the following?
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