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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. Why do Lourdes and Rufino originally leave Cuba?
(a) Lourdes wants to live some place cold.
(b) Rufino is offered a job elsewhere.
(c) They are worried about the economy in Cuba.
(d) They want to escape soldiers.

2. What type of people does Celia say she relates to?
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Religious people.
(c) Dead people.
(d) Negative people.

3. Who predicts that Celia will survive hard times and live by the water?
(a) Celia's great aunt.
(b) A santera.
(c) A psychic friend.
(d) Gustavo.

4. What type of work did Jorge do before the revolution?
(a) He cooked for El Lider.
(b) He was a fisherman.
(c) He sold cars.
(d) He sold electric brooms and portable fans.

5. What does Celia keep that her lover gave her?
(a) Pearl earrings.
(b) A dozen roses.
(c) A scarf.
(d) An engagement ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who checks Celia into a mental asylum?

2. Who does Celia write letters to, from 1935-1940?

3. Whose voice does Lourdes hear in her head?

4. Who convinces Lourdes that her daughter, Pilar, does not hate her?

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

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