Furia

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which is the most accurate description of how Camila feels about her family?

A) She is proud of her heritage but sometimes frustrated by her family’s attitudes.

B) She is embarrassed by her family’s poverty and their old-fashioned beliefs.

C) She feels unloved by her family and thinks they do not really understand her.

D) She admires her parents greatly and is ashamed of the ways she disappoints them.

2. Which is the most accurate description of Pablo’s attitude toward Camila?

A) He is dismissive and cold but also generally stays out of her way.

B) He is deferential and flattering but can be strangely secretive.

C) He is jealous and critical, but deep down he genuinely admires her.

D) He is caring and protective but sometimes distracted and judgmental.

3. Which is the most accurate characterization of Camila’s father?

A) Jovial, funny, and friendly

B) Bitter, wounded, and withdrawn

C) Quiet, gentle, and tender-hearted

D) Insensitive, critical, and egotistical

4. What is one attitude that both Camila and Pablo have in common?

A) Neither approves of the other’s career ambitions.

B) Both are hoping to find a way to move to the United States.

C) Neither approves of the other’s romantic relationship.

D) Both want to complete college in case soccer doesn’t work out.

5. Which of the men in Camila’s life is most supportive of her dream to play professional soccer?

A) Pablo

B) Diego

C) Her father

D) Father Hugo

6. How does Camila’s relationship with her mother change over the course of the novel?

A) They clash more often as her mother struggles to let Camila grow up.

B) Camila learns to assert her independence and stop trying to please her mother.

C) They become closer and learn to understand one another better.

D) Camila begins to admire her mother’s accomplishments instead of feeling intimidated by them.

7. Whose life story parallels Camila’s and inspires her to want to make a better life for herself?

A) Isabel’s

B) Roxana’s

C) Marisa’s

D) Miriam’s

8. What do Diego’s warning about Camila’s room being visible from the street, Eda’s death, and Camila’s worries about Marisol’s baby all have in common?

A) They characterize Camila as an anxious and distracted person.

B) They demonstrate that Rosario can be especially dangerous for women.

C) They show that none of the men in Camila’s life respect women.

D) They make it clear how dangerous and limiting adolescent pregnancy can be.

9. Which character offers Camila the most encouragement about finding a way to balance both love and career?

A) Roxana

B) Isabel

C) Father Hugo

D) Coach Alicia

10. Which moment most makes Camila feel as if she is finally being seen for herself and her own accomplishments?

A) When she gets the nickname “la Furia”

B) When Diego buys her a ticket to Italy

C) When she gets the job at El Buen Pastor

D) When her team qualifies for the Sudamericano tournament

11. Which is the primary reason that Camila has reservations about getting too involved with Diego?

A) She is afraid of getting pregnant young like her mother did.

B) Her brother, Pablo, disapproves of the relationship.

C) She is afraid it will mean giving up her career ambitions.

D) She worries that Diego could someday turn out just like her father.

12. Which difference between Camila and Roxana sometimes causes the two friends to struggle to understand one another’s perspectives?

A) Their career ambitions

B) Their socioeconomic backgrounds

C) Their religions

D) Their ethnic backgrounds

13. Which is a key difference between Karen and Camila?

A) Karen lacks the passionate approach to life that Camila has.

B) Karen wants to marry young and start having children.

C) Karen has chosen a different route to escape her background.

D) Karen will not miss Rosario when she eventually leaves it.

14. Which is an important belief that Camila holds about playing soccer?

A) It is a way to demonstrate Rosario’s superiority over other Argentinian towns.

B) It is a way to give thanks to the God who created her and her abilities.

C) It is a way for women to finally get the personal attention their culture denies them.

D) It is a way to honor women who have been unable to follow their dreams.

15. When does Camila feel like her relationship with her family changed for the worse?

A) When she went through puberty

B) When she started playing soccer

C) When Pablo started dating Marisol

D) When Marisol got pregnant

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. How does Camila’s relationship with Diego illustrate that, in Camila’s world, even the best relationships might require more sacrifices from women than from men?

2. Explain the two different sources of divine or supernatural comfort and help that Camila and her family turn to.