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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.

Question 8.49 In both the “Maria” and “Evita” incidents, what do the men who sing have in common?

1. In both the “Maria” and “Evita” incidents, what do the men who sing have in common?

They are white.

They are drunk.

They are oblivious to Cofer’s discomfort.

All of the above.

Question 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?

2. 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?

The women in her family did not “work.”

There were not many professional women on television.

The nuns who taught at her school all wore traditional habits.

All of the above.

Question 8.51 Why did island women, according to Cofer, feel freer to “dress and move more provocatively”?

3. Why did island women, according to Cofer, feel freer to “dress and move more provocatively”?

It is in their chromosomes.

They are protected by the traditions of Catholicism.

The laws are stricter in Puerto Rico.

All of the above.

Question 8.52 Who or what was the best protection for women in Puerto Rico, according to Cofer?

4. Who or what was the best protection for women in Puerto Rico, according to Cofer?

the police

the university

the pueblo

the men

Question 8.53 What is the rule regarding piropos?

5. What is the rule regarding piropos?

They must never be obscene.

They must always be vulgar.

They are always written down in advance.

They must be a sonnet.

Question 8.54 In describing her first kiss, Cofer says that she was compared to a

6. In describing her first kiss, Cofer says that she was compared to a

prostitute.

fruit or vegetable.

choice cut of meat.

None of the above.

Question 8.55 Why does Cofer suggest that Latin women worked in unskilled labor?

7. Why does Cofer suggest that Latin women worked in unskilled labor?

because it is what they could get when they first came to the United States

because it is part of their culture

because those were the jobs that white Americans allowed them to have

None of the above.

Question 8.56 Before her first poetry reading, Cofer was asked to do which of the following?

8. Before her first poetry reading, Cofer was asked to do which of the following?

provide copies of her poem for the audience

arrive early to prepare her remarks

get a cup of coffee for one of the women in the restaurant

not read her poems