VOLVER (2006) – COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE & QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Pedro Almodóvar | Penélope Cruz, Carmen
Maura, Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Blanca
Portillo, Chus Lampreave
SECTION 1: PLOT & NARRATIVE (Q1–40)
1. In which Spanish region does the opening
cemetery scene take place?
A) Andalusia B) La Mancha C) Catalonia D)
Galicia
Answer: B) La Mancha
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,Rationale: The film opens in Alcanfor de las
Infantas, a fictional village in La Mancha,
Almodóvar's home region.
2. Which two sisters are first introduced
tending their parents' graves?
A) Raimunda and Sole B) Irene and Paula C)
Agustina and Regina D) Paula and Sole
Answer: A) Raimunda and Sole
3. What does Aunt Paula insist about her sister
Irene?
A) That Irene is buried in the next plot B) That
Irene is still alive and living with her C) That
Irene never existed D) That Irene moved to
France
Answer: B) That Irene is still alive and living
with her
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,4. Why do the sisters return to Madrid at the
start of the film?
A) For a wedding B) To their working-class
neighborhood and jobs C) To sell the family
house D) To attend a funeral
Answer: B) To their working-class
neighborhood and jobs
5. What is Paco's defining characterization in
the film?
A) A hardworking provider B) Unemployed,
perpetually drunk, and abusive C) A police
officer D) A film director
Answer: B) Unemployed, perpetually drunk,
and abusive
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, 6. What does Paula reveal to Raimunda at the
bus stop?
A) She is failing school B) She stabbed Paco
to death in self-defense when he tried to rape
her C) She is pregnant D) She wants to move
to La Mancha
Answer: B) She stabbed Paco to death in self-
defense when he tried to rape her
7. What additional fact does Paula state about
Paco during that confession?
A) That he was a good father B) That he was
not her real father C) That he had a criminal
record D) That he was leaving the family
Answer: B) That he was not her real father
8. Where does Raimunda hide Paco's body?
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STUDY GUIDE & QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Pedro Almodóvar | Penélope Cruz, Carmen
Maura, Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Blanca
Portillo, Chus Lampreave
SECTION 1: PLOT & NARRATIVE (Q1–40)
1. In which Spanish region does the opening
cemetery scene take place?
A) Andalusia B) La Mancha C) Catalonia D)
Galicia
Answer: B) La Mancha
1
,Rationale: The film opens in Alcanfor de las
Infantas, a fictional village in La Mancha,
Almodóvar's home region.
2. Which two sisters are first introduced
tending their parents' graves?
A) Raimunda and Sole B) Irene and Paula C)
Agustina and Regina D) Paula and Sole
Answer: A) Raimunda and Sole
3. What does Aunt Paula insist about her sister
Irene?
A) That Irene is buried in the next plot B) That
Irene is still alive and living with her C) That
Irene never existed D) That Irene moved to
France
Answer: B) That Irene is still alive and living
with her
2
,4. Why do the sisters return to Madrid at the
start of the film?
A) For a wedding B) To their working-class
neighborhood and jobs C) To sell the family
house D) To attend a funeral
Answer: B) To their working-class
neighborhood and jobs
5. What is Paco's defining characterization in
the film?
A) A hardworking provider B) Unemployed,
perpetually drunk, and abusive C) A police
officer D) A film director
Answer: B) Unemployed, perpetually drunk,
and abusive
3
, 6. What does Paula reveal to Raimunda at the
bus stop?
A) She is failing school B) She stabbed Paco
to death in self-defense when he tried to rape
her C) She is pregnant D) She wants to move
to La Mancha
Answer: B) She stabbed Paco to death in self-
defense when he tried to rape her
7. What additional fact does Paula state about
Paco during that confession?
A) That he was a good father B) That he was
not her real father C) That he had a criminal
record D) That he was leaving the family
Answer: B) That he was not her real father
8. Where does Raimunda hide Paco's body?
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