1. | What did young Miguel's great-great-grandmother learn to make in order to support her family, after her husband left to pursue a career in music? | ||
dresses | |||
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shoes | ||
guitars | |||
hand-blown glass sculptures | |||
2. | How did Miguel's hero, hometown hero/musician/actor Ernesto de la Cruz, meet his untimely demise? | ||
he was run over by a traveling band's bus | |||
he choked on a piece of pie | |||
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he was crushed by a giant bell | ||
he had a heart attack mid-song | |||
3. | A mariachi musician talks Miguel into entering a talent show while Miguel is doing this. | ||
begging to be in the mariachi band | |||
turning the musician's guitar | |||
drawing a chalk picture of Ernesto de la Cruz | |||
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shining the musician's shoes | ||
4. | Miguel accidentally knocks a picture over that belonged on his family's ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos. He discovers a hidden part of one picture that leads him to believe Ernesto de la Cruz is his great-great-grandfather. What does he see in the picture that brings him to this conclusion? | ||
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a guitar | ||
a pair of shoes | |||
a watch | |||
a note to his daughter | |||
5. | Miguel says he doesn't want to be a part of his family any more after Abuelita does this. | ||
gives his dog away | |||
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smashes his handmade guitar into pieces | ||
sets fire to his Ernesto de la Cruz records and videotapes | |||
forbids him from ever saying Ernesto de la Cruz's name | |||
6. | Miguel can't play in the talent show without his guitar, but he thinks he's found a way around that. What does he do? | ||
he makes another from the wood table used for the ofrenda | |||
he borrows one from another musician | |||
he decides to sing without a guitar | |||
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he breaks into Ernesto de la Cruz's shrine and steals his guitar off the wall | ||
7. | Miguel discovers he's not quite living, but not quite dead. Who is the only being from the living world that can still see him after he's crossed over into the land of the dead? | ||
his great great grandmother Coco | |||
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stray dog Dante | ||
his baby sister | |||
his Abuelita | |||
8. | Miguel's shocked to find that there really is a land of the dead, and that family does cross over on Dia de los Muertos. He thought it might have been something made-up that adults tell kids, like ________. | ||
the nutritional value of broccoli | |||
taking baths | |||
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vitamins | ||
dental floss | |||
9. | Imelda gives Miguel her blessing so he can return back to the land of the living, but adds a condition. What is it? | ||
he must never mention Ernesto de la Cruz's name again | |||
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he can't play music ever again | ||
he must give her daughter Coco a message from her | |||
he must go to school to learn how to make shoes | |||
10. | Miguel's back for only seconds before appearing again in the land of the dead. What did he do that sent him back? | ||
he went to the talent show | |||
he mentioned de la Cruz to a passerby | |||
he sang while walking home | |||
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grabbed de la Cruz's guitar | ||
11. | Miguel enlists the help of drifter Hector in finding Ernesto. Why does he ask Hector for help? | ||
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he overhears Hector say he knows Ernesto personally | ||
Hector says he's bored and is looking for something exciting to do | |||
Hector is the only person around | |||
he is scared and Hector is the only person other than his family who's been nice to him | |||
12. | Miguel and Hector make a deal; if Hector gets Miguel to see Ernesto de la Cruz, Miguel will do this for Hector. | ||
visit Hector's family and ask them to put his picture on their ofrenda | |||
find Hector's long-lost child | |||
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put Hector's picture up on the ofrenda so he can cross over | ||
put in a good word for Hector with Ernesto de la Cruz | |||
13. | What is Hector's unfortunate food-related nickname, given to him by his musician friends? | ||
"Brownie" | |||
"Chicken Bone" | |||
"Pork Chop" | |||
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"Chorizo" | ||
By way of explanation.....
he apparently died by choking on a piece |
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14. | Hector's friend loans him the guitar, but under one condition. What? | ||
Hector needs to first return all the other items he's borrowed | |||
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Hector has to play him a song first | ||
Miguel needs to prove he's worthy of borrowing the guitar | |||
Miguel needs to put his picture on an ofrenda along with Hector's | |||
15. | Why does Hector's friend disappear after the song ends? | ||
he's tired and wants to hide from the world | |||
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he's been forgotten by everyone in the living world | ||
he was a figment of Hector's imagination so he was never there | |||
his picture has been put on someone's ofrenda | |||
By way of explanation.....
Hector calls it the "final death" |
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16. | Miguel, with Hector's help, puts on a great performance at the talent show after admitting: | ||
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he's never performed before | ||
he's incredibly nervous about meeting Ernesto | |||
he misses his mom and dad | |||
he is considering not playing music ever again | |||
17. | Mama Imelda finds Miguel and surprises him by doing this. | ||
telling him about her late husband | |||
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singing him a song | ||
giving him her blessing with no conditions | |||
telling him how to get to Ernesto's house | |||
By way of explanation.....
She chose her daughter over music, which is why she never sang after her husband left. |
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18. | After sneaking into the party, Miguel gets Ernesto's - and the partygoers' - attention by singing a song for the crowd. His performance is cut short when this happens. | ||
he trips down stairs and lands at Ernesto's feet | |||
he chokes and coughs while singing | |||
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he falls into Ernesto's swimming pool | ||
he is knocked out by a decorative bell | |||
19. | How does Hector get into Ernesto's party? | ||
he sneaks in by dressing as a waiter | |||
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he disguises himself as Frida Kahlo | ||
he walks behind a very tall skeleton | |||
he stuffs himself into a woman's handbag, then reassembles himself once inside the house | |||
20. | After learning that Ernesto poisoned Hector and stole his guitar and songs, and after being banished into a sinkhole, Hector and Miguel discover they are related! How do they discover this? | ||
Hector pulls out a copy of the same picture Miguel has | |||
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Hector mentions his daughter's name is Coco | ||
Miguel talks about his family's shoe business | |||
Miguel starts singing "Remember Me" | |||
21. | Who finds Hector and Miguel first, saving them? | ||
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Dante | ||
Mama Imelda | |||
Pepita the spirit guide | |||
Abuelita, who had also crossed over | |||
22. | Mama Imelda accidentally winds up on stage during Ernesto's show, and performs a song while trying to do this. | ||
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keep Hector's photo away from Ernesto so she can give it to Miguel | ||
reconcile with Hector | |||
fight Ernesto's guards | |||
bless the flower petal so Miguel can go home | |||
23. | The evil Ernesto de la Cruz admits to his villainous deeds, and throws Miguel off the side of a building. Miguel is saved by Pepita, but is upset when he's returned back to his family. Why? | ||
he doesn't like that the crowd still worships Ernesto | |||
Dante has disappeared | |||
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Hector's photo fell into the water during Miguel's fall | ||
he's learned Hector had had the "final death" | |||
24. | Miguel gets his blessing from Mama Imelda at the very last minute, and runs home. How does he get Coco to remember her father? | ||
ht tells her stories about Hector and Imelda | |||
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he sings "Remember Me" to her | ||
he asks her if she remembers anything about her childhood | |||
he shows her a picture of Hector | |||
25. | One year later, it's time for Dia de los Muertos. Which of the following is NOT true? | ||
Coco has died, so her picture is on the ofrenda | |||
Hector is now famous in town | |||
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Ernesto's shrine and monument has been demolished, with just a pile of rubble standing | ||
Hector gets to pass through the gate along with the rest of his family | |||