Worksheets"Cuentoes de Josefina" Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What does the playwright use the characters of Young Josefina and Ignacio for in the play
To provide comic relief for the audience.
To act as narrators and tell the backstory of Filiberto and Elvira
To be the main characters who plant the calabaza (pumpkin) seeds.
To represent the greedy neighbors who come to the party.
Filiberto and Elvira initially count their earnings and see they only have "Ten, eleven, twelve centavos. That's all?" Why is this detail important to the plot?
It shows they are about to leave town and travel.
It proves Filiberto is good at counting money.
It creates the motive (reason) for Elvira to secretly break the agreement and plant the seeds
It explains why Filiberto's vegetables were puny and sickly.
Elvira says, "If only we could plant in the west garden. The soil there is so rich." How does this statement foreshadow (hint at) what will happen later in the story?
It hints that they will win a card game and get more land.
It suggests that Elvira will eventually plant there and cause trouble.
It tells the audience that Elvira is a good gardener.
It shows that the east garden will become healthy and strong.
Why did Filiberto and Elvira lose all the neighbors and townspeople's trust and support?
They were too quiet and never threw parties.
They only served soup at the party.
They got greedy, threw two big parties, and their curse spread to the neighbors (causing an "allergic" reaction).
They bought new clothes and jewelry instead of flour
What is the central conflict (main problem) that drives the action in "The Tale of the Haunted Squash"?
Filiberto and Elvira's struggle with Señor Trujillo over the deed
Filiberto and Elvira's greed, which leads them to break their promise and plant in the west garden.
The fight between Elvira and La Tía over who is a worse "monster.
The competition with other bread and vegetable peddlers in the market
How does the discovery that La Tía (the previous owner) also has vines growing out of her head affect Filiberto?
It makes him laugh and realize the curse isn't so bad.
It causes him to run away from her house.
It motivates him to find a cure for both women, knowing the curse is real and can be broken.
It makes him offer to buy her house.
What does the skeleton, Juan Ortiz Orizaba, mean when he says, "Riches are for the purpose of generosity!"?
He wants Filiberto to keep the gold for himself.
He believes all money should be used to buy more land.
He is explaining that wealth should be used to help others instead of being used selfishly.
He wants Filiberto to throw a third party for the town
At the end of the play, Filiberto and Elvira plan to use their treasure to build a library, an orphanage, and a public garden. What theme (lesson) does this ending support?
Always trust the person you buy a deed from.
It's never too late to become a good gardener.
Greed leads to curses, but generosity and courage can break them.
You should never dig in the west garden.
Why is the Old Man's message, "Rodolfo is still waiting for her," important to the resolution (ending) of the story?
It reveals that the Old Man is the skeleton, Juan Ortiz Orizaba.
It gives Filiberto the secret password to open the iron gate.
It shows that Rodolfo (the Old Man) still loved La Tía, which helps end her suffering and allows them to reunite after the curse is lifted
It reminds La Tía that she needs to buy the house back.
Match the following
"I just wanted to have a few nice things for once. Does that make me a bad person?"
Elvira
"For my wife, I will be brave!"
Filiberto
"I’m sorry I shunned you, but I couldn’t bear for you to look at me, I was so horrible."
La Tia
"The maldición of this garden is against greed. Now the story is revealed."
El Esqueleto
