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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lourdes, in Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons, when Rufino is out of town?
(a) Lightning strikes her.
(b) Soldiers rape her.
(c) She is in a car accident.
(d) She falls off a horse.

2. Who did Celia fall in love with before she met Jorge?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) Ivanito.
(c) El Lider.
(d) Hugo.

3. Why does Felicia volunteer in a camp at night?
(a) She has exceptional night vision.
(b) She is less likely to hurt herself at night.
(c) She feels more comfortable at night.
(d) She home schools Ivanito during the day.

4. How do Celia's feelings change for Jorge in Ordinary Seductions: Celia's Letters: 1935-1940?
(a) She starts to appreciate his sense of humor.
(b) She feels sorry for him.
(c) She falls in love with him.
(d) She wants to start over with him.

5. What foods does Felicia insist will purify, in Ordinary Seductions: The Fire Between Them?
(a) Raw fruits and vegetables.
(b) Beans and bananas.
(c) Blueberries and dark chocolate.
(d) Meringues and coconuts.

6. Who is the civil trial between in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?
(a) Felicia and Ivanito.
(b) Milagro and Luz.
(c) Beny More and Ibrahim Ferrer.
(d) Ester Ugarte and Loli Regalado.

7. Where does Felicia follow Hugo when they first meet?
(a) Hotel Inglaterra.
(b) A church.
(c) East Havana.
(d) City Hall.

8. Who arrives in Santa Teresa del Mar, screaming for Celia?
(a) Ivanito.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Lordes.
(d) Javier.

9. What does Celia report in her final letter happens to Jorge?
(a) He has just received a job promotion.
(b) He has started hearing voices.
(c) He is leaving her.
(d) He is in a terrible accident.

10. When Celia wakes up in a panic, where does she want to go?
(a) The bank.
(b) Havana.
(c) The hospital.
(d) New York.

11. 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.

12. At what time of Celia's life does she go to live with Tia Alicia?
(a) After Jorge dies.
(b) When her parents get a divorce.
(c) When Tia Alica gets sick.
(d) When her parents die.

13. Who comes to the ranch while Lourdes is pregnant with her second child?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Celia and Jorge.
(d) Felicia.

14. Who does Pilar visit in Miami?
(a) Blanquito.
(b) Rufino.
(c) Felicia.
(d) A psychic.

15. Who does Celia believe murdered a woman she befriended?
(a) A local priest.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Gustavo.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What initially scares Luz and Milagro when they see their father?

2. Whose voice does Lourdes hear in her head?

3. What type of work does Felicia do when she meets Hugo?

4. How does Celia respond when her lover leaves Cuba?

5. Who does Celia take with her to see Jorge?

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