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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rufino explain the voices Lourdes hears?
(a) He says he made the voices, to play a practical joke.
(b) He says she is tired.
(c) He says she is eating too much sugar.
(d) He says she is making it up to get attention.

2. What does Celia plan to do if she has a boy?
(a) She will become a santera.
(b) She will change her ways.
(c) She will find Gustavo.
(d) She will name him Gustavo.

3. Who encourages Celia to write to Gustavo?
(a) A spirit.
(b) The santera.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Alicia.

4. Who votes Celia's house the primary lookout?
(a) The neighborhood committee.
(b) El Lider.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her children.

5. What does Celia guard at the start of Ordinary Seductions: Ocean Blue?
(a) The bakery.
(b) The North coast of Cuba.
(c) A garden.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Celia describe the environment that her first child experiences in her womb?

2. What does Celia report in her final letter happens to Jorge?

3. What sport did El Lider excel at in his youth?

4. In Chapter 2, what family member does Lourdes unsuccessfully call?

5. What does Celia do when she leaves the asylum?

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