Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa? Quiz

[ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano]

Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa? Quiz

This is a quiz about the movie Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa? directed by Chito S. Roño based on the novel by Lualhati T. Bautista.

1. What was this film all about?
a. the varying role of women in the society
b. the materialism and immorality of the society
c. that men, by nature, are irresponsible and unfaithful
d. all of these aforementioned
2. Who played Lea Bustamante?
a. Nora Aunor
b. Vilma Santos
c. Sharon Cuneta
d. Wilma Doesn’t
3. Who played Ojie?
a. Carlo Agassi
b. Carlo Aquino
c. Jaypee de Guzman
d. Carlo Collodi
4. What is the surname of Ojie?
a. de Leon
b. de Guzman
c. de Vera
d. de Lara
5. Who played Maya?
a. Serena Dalrymple
b. Ronalissa Cheng
c. Camille Pratts
d. Lady Lee
6. What is the surname of Maya?
a. Gaston
b. Gascon
c. Guzman
d. Garcia
7. What was the name of Lea’s live-in partner and father of Maya?
a. Raffy
b. Ding
c. Johnny
d. Ricky
8. What was the name of Lea’s husband and Ojie’s father?
a. Raffy
b. Ding
c. Johnny
d. Ronnie
9. What was the name of the new wife of Ojie’s father?
a. Elsie
b. Eleanor
c. Elvie
d. Leonor
10. What was the name of the principal who advises Lea to move one of her children to another school?
a. Mrs. Arboleda
b. Mrs. Zalameda
c. Mrs. Azucena
d. Mrs. Zaavedra
11. The perspective or point of view in which the film is told is that by:
a. Lea
b. Maya
c. Ojie
d. none of the above
12. What was the occasion when the film begins?
a. a birthday party
b. the Feast of the Innocents
c. a commencement exercise
d. a graduation ball
13. What contest did Maya join in?
a. a beauty contest
b. a fashion show
c. a declamation contest
d. a dance contest
14. Which contestant won the best costume award?
a. contestant 1
b. contestant 2
c. contestant 4
d. contestant 7
15. Which contestant won the best talent award?
a. contestant 1
b. contestant 2
c. contestant 4
d. contestant 7
16. Where does Lea work in?
a. a leftist movement
b. Gabriela
c. Migrante
d. a human rights organization
17. Lea is portrayed as being:
a. an open-minded, straightforward person
b. a liberated woman
c. a courageous woman
d. all of these aforementioned
18. One weakness of Lea is:
a. Being a bad judge of character, she was too trusting.
b. She is too pre-occupied with her work.
c. Her lustful craving for men
d. Her lack of time for her children
19. What was the name of Lea’s friend and officemate whom she flirt with?
a. Ricky
b. Ronnie
c. Joey
d. Johnny
20. What was the name of the battered wife who takes shelter in the Women in Crisis Center?
a. Mrs. Ortiz
b. Mrs. Arnaiz
c. Mrs. Sanchez
d. Mrs. Olivarez
21. What was the name of the nun whom Lea asks if she had ever experienced love, not the love for God but the love between opposite sexes?
a. Sister Assuncion
b. Sister Annie
c. Sister Ann
d. Sister Anacleta
22. The central character in the film is:
a. Lea
b. Ding
c. Raffy
d. The children
23. Lea is a fine example of _______________ character:
a. flat
b. type
c. developing
d. round
24. Ojie is a fine example of _______________ character:
a. flat
b. type
c. developing
d. round
25. Mrs. Zalameda is a good example of _______________ character:
a. flat
b. type
c. developing
d. round
26. The mother of Ding is an obvious example of _______________ character:
a. flat
b. type
c. developing
d. round
27. Where was the province which Raffy work in after he left Lea?
a. Samar
b. Surigao
c. Davao
d. Zamboanga
28. To what country does Raffy want Ojie to come with him?
a. U.K.
b. Canada
c. U.S.
d. Switzerland
29. What was the pastime which Ojie become addicted to?
a. billiard
b. computer games
c. bingo
d. fruit game
30. What was the organization that Ojie want to join in?
a. a glee club
b. Boy Scout
c. a fraternity
d. a choir
31. The element of fiction used when Ding confronted Lea about the bike, because it would only bring danger and harm to the kids is:
a. irony
b. movement
c. foreshadowing
d. flashback
32. When Lea received the kids’ report cards, which has the better grades?
a. Maya’s
b. Ojie’s
c. Both have the same grades
d. Maya had a passing grade while Ojie had a failing grade
33. The element of fiction used when Ding and Raffy confronted Lea when Ojie and Maya were injured because of a bike accident is:
a. irony
b. conflict
c. symbol
d. movement
34. When Lea reached home after her encounters with Ding and Raffy, who was on the other line when the phone rings?
a. Ding
b. Raffy
c. Johnny
d. Zeny
35. What was the name of the father of Maya’s classmate who lives in the squatter’s area and died in the fire?
a. Solomon
b. Soltero
c. Soliman
d. Silliman
36. The title of the story Bata, Bata, Paano Ka Ginawa?:
a. is ironic
b. is tragic and heart rending
c. is symbolic
d. is rather humorous with an undercurrent of absurdity
37. The washing machine becomes a ______________ in the film:
a. motif
b. props
c. symbol
d. all of these aforementioned
38. The central theme expressed in the film is the depiction of:
a. The changing role of women in the society
b. The adulterous nature of women
c. The unreliability and irresponsibility of the male
d. The complexity of today’s relationship is a product of the complexities of modern society.
e. all of these aforementioned
39. Whom did the children choose and side with at the end of the film?
a. their father
b. their mother
c. their grandparents
d. no one of these aforementioned
40. The essential value of the movie, as art, is that it:
a. conveys a moral
b. reveals something about the human nature
c. gives aesthetic pleasure
d. all of these aforementioned