Nombre:_________________________ Sra. de Shrager/Srta. Brooks
Español uno el _____________de octubre
Sweet Fifteen
What is the quinceañera? (also called el quince or mi quince)
Describe the first quinceañera that they show in the movie.
In the beginning of the movie, what kind of person is Marta? What kind of a relationship does she have with her parents?
Why does her father want to move back to Mexico?
What is her father’s secret?
What does Marta have to do to help her father?
Why do Marta and her friends shout “migra?”
What are the consequences for the other people when the girls do this?
By the end of the movie, what kind of person is Marta? What kind of a relationship does she have with her parents?
What kind of a man is Marta’s father? What are his good qualities? What are his bad qualities?
How does Marta help her boyfriend?
What kind of a person is her boyfriend?
How is Marta’s quinceñera different than the one we saw in the beginning of the movie?
How is Marta’s family similar to your family? How is it different?
Would you want to be friends with Marta?
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS FOR “SWEET FIFTEEN”
______1. Gabby’s father makes a speech at her “quince.”
______2. Ramón is Gabby’s brother.
______3. Marta’s father “cuts in” on Ramón’s dance with Marta.
______4. Marta doesn’t want her cousin as her quince escort.
______5. Marta’s dad is the new operations manager in his company.
______6. Marta’s mother had a quince party of her own.
______7. The priest asks for volunteers for the Amnesty program.
______8. Marta’s dad says there’s “time for friends” in Mexico.
______9. Ramón is originally from Puerto Rico.
_____10. Ramón refuses to take Marta and her friends home after the dance.
_____11. Marta is finally dating at age 14.
_____12. Marta shouts, “Migra, migra!”
_____13. Mr. José sells quinceañera “packages.”
_____14. Ramón works in a garage.
_____15. Marta’s dad can’t get his old model car started.
_____16. Marta’s dad refuses to help fire an employee.
_____17. Marta’s dad never thinks about returning to Mexico.
_____18. Marta asks her parents to let Ramón be her quince escort.
_____19. Marta’s parents decide to cancel her quinceañera.
_____20. Marta gets into Ramón’s car and turns up the radio.
_____21. Jackie tells friends that Marta’s aunt has died.
_____22. Marta says that Ramón brags all the time.
_____ 23. Marta won’t dance with Ramón on the railroad tracks.
_____ 24. Marta’s dad grounds her.
_____ 25. Marta discovers that Jackie lied.
_____ 26. Marta’s Dad tells her to look “straight at” Ramón.
_____ 27. Marta can’t bear to look at pictures of quinceañera gowns.
_____ 28. Marta accidentally spills the milk.
_____ 29. Ramón calls Marta “Daddy’s little girl.”
_____ 30. Marta says Ramón can do anything he wants to.
_____ 31. Ramón asks Marta, “How come you’re always running away from me?
_____ 32. At dinner Marta’s dad refuses to talk to her because of the milk incident.
_____ 33. Marta says her native language is English.
_____ 34. Marta’s dad looks at his box of “old papers.”
_____ 35. Marta accidentally finds her dad’s “Amnesty” file.
_____ 36. Marta accidentally finds her dad’s box of old papers.
_____ 37. Marta tells Ramón to go away and leave her alone.
_____ 38. Her dad says to Marta, “I need your help, hija. I need your help.”
_____ 39. Jorge is deported.
_____ 40. Marta’s dad goes back to his former employers.
_____ 41. Marta’s mother tells her, “All you see is yourself.”
_____ 42. Without being asked, Ramón volunteers to help Marta get signatures.
_____ 43. The door of Ramón’s car falls off.
_____ 44. Marta wonders if she’s old enough to be taken seriously.
_____ 45. Marta gets the first signature almost as soon as she walks in the door.
_____ 46. Ramón starts studying his “reading books” again.
_____ 47. Marta visits Chinatown.
_____ 48. The wrecking yard boss is kind and gentle.
_____ 49. Marta can’t even have a quinceañera mass in church.
_____ 50. Ramón writes “Thank you” on a chalkboard.
Sra. de Shrager NOMBRE: ____________________ NÚMERO______
español 1 el _______ de ____octubre____________
1. What kind of party is shown at the beginning of the video?
2. Where do they say that Ramon used to live?
3. Why does the gardener need a job at the factory?
4. Why doesn't Marta want her cousin Octavio to be her escort for her quinceañera?
5. What does the priest want the girls to do to earn their passage into adulthood?
6. Where does Marta volunteer to work?
7. How do the kids react when their dad talks about the old days in Mexico?
8. Where does Marta see Ramon the second time?
9. What happens when the girls yell "!Migra! !La migra!"? Thy do they laugh?
10. What is Mr. Jose selling?
11. Why does Ramon give Marta a ride home after her dance class with Octavio?
12. What is the problem with the Amnesty program at Marta's father's work?
13. What does the boss tell the employee, and how does Marta's father react?
14. Why does Marta argue with her parents?
15. Why does her friend tell the girls that Marta's uncle died?
16. Why is Marta grounded?
17. What does the boss want from Marta's father?
18. Why does Marta's father want to go back to Mexico?
19. Why does Ramon tell Marta to stay with her family?
20. What do Marta and her father argue about?
21. What does Marta find out at work?
22. How is Marta's father treated when he goes to his former employers' workplaces?
23. Why did Marta's father withdraw his application?
24. What does Marta take from the file?
25. What does she ask Ramon to do?
26. What is Ramon learning to do?
27. How does Marta feel when she sees the places her father used to work?
28. How do Marta's parents feel about her in the beginning of the story? At the end?
29. Compare how Marta fees about her Mexican heritage at the beginning versus at the end?
31. Where is Ramon really from?
30. What is your opinion? Do you think that the US has a problem with illegal aliens? Should they be sent back to their home county if they are caught? Why or why not?
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