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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Celia report about Lourdes in her letter to Gustavo?
(a) Lourdes is pregnant.
(b) Lourdes is planning a vacation.
(c) Lourdes is seeing a new man.
(d) Lourdes is going back to school.

2. What new position allows Lourdes to walk around town?
(a) Census worker.
(b) Auxiliary policewoman.
(c) Magazine sales person.
(d) Crossing guard.

3. When Celia returns to her home in Santa Teresa del Mar, she knows Javier has already left to _____.
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Find his wife.
(c) Plant coffee.
(d) Have lunch with some of the local women.

4. What does Pilar find in her mother's hosiery drawer?
(a) Money.
(b) Cupcakes.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Photographs of Celia.

5. In Imagining Winter: Daughters of Chango, what reason does Jorge give Lourdes for wanting to escape Celia?
(a) She thought only of the Revolution.
(b) She was leaving him for Gustavo.
(c) She tried to kill him.
(d) He found another woman in New York.

6. What does Celia realize when she hears shells singing a song in her bones?
(a) That she will be a grandmother soon.
(b) That she is lonely.
(c) That shells remind her of Gustavo.
(d) That a tidal wave is coming.

7. Who betrays Celia by revealing her involvement in politics?
(a) Batista.
(b) Lourdes.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Javier.

8. What does Felicia sell in her new job?
(a) Stationary.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Appliances.
(d) Cars.

9. By Thanksgiving, Lourdes loses _____ pounds.
(a) 82.
(b) 12.
(c) 118.
(d) 34.

10. What does Lourdes recall telling tourists, so they would buy her food?
(a) That it would bring them good luck.
(b) That she only had a year to live.
(c) That she was raising money for a church.
(d) That her mother was dead.

11. Lourdes calls Pilar demanding to know which _____ is in her _____.
(a) Secret/Diary.
(b) Parent/Heart.
(c) Fruit/Pie.
(d) Man/Bed.

12. Who makes fun of Lourdes in Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Rufino.
(c) Pilar.
(d) Felicia.

13. What kills Ernesto Brito?
(a) A terminal disease.
(b) A fire.
(c) A car crash.
(d) A heart attack.

14. What is the topic of the book Pilar gives Lourdes in Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude?
(a) Baking.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Home decorating.
(d) Traveling.

15. What does Celia say Javier wins in her letter?
(a) A car.
(b) A coloring contest.
(c) A bingo game.
(d) A science prize.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Pilar wants to do during the week of midterms?

2. When does Jorge realize he went too far in trying to break Celia?

3. What character has a disregard for "everything meaningful?"

4. What does Pilar feel as she leans against the tree where she is attacked?

5. What does Felicia's fortune show in Imagining Winter: God's Will?

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