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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Celia discover on her body, at the end of Imagining Winter: Baskets of Water?
(a) A heart-shaped mole.
(b) A scar.
(c) A tick.
(d) A lump in her chest.

3. Who expresses love for the music of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and the Ramones?
(a) Lourdes.
(b) Rufino.
(c) Pilar.
(d) Rufino's mother.

4. In Imagining Winter: Baskets of Water, how does Ivanito learn English?
(a) Tutoring from his teacher.
(b) From Jorge's textbooks.
(c) Felicia teaches him.
(d) From watching TV.

5. Why does Lourdes stop eating in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?
(a) She cannot afford to buy food.
(b) To protest the regime.
(c) To purify herself.
(d) To lose weight.

6. Who is Ernesto Brito?
(a) A man Felicia marries.
(b) Ivanito's teacher.
(c) Ivanito's best friend.
(d) A famous singer.

7. What does Celia smash in the final hours of Felicia's life?
(a) A figure of Obatala.
(b) A wine bottle.
(c) A record player.
(d) A window.

8. What does Pilar feel as she leans against the tree where she is attacked?
(a) The presence of her ancestors.
(b) The pulse in the roots of the tree.
(c) The warmth of the sun.
(d) The chill in the air.

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

10. Celia tells Gustavo that Rufino Puente comes from one of the _____ families in Cuba.
(a) Meanest.
(b) Happiest.
(c) Notorious.
(d) Wealthiest.

11. Felicia urges her new husband, Otto, to take her on a _____.
(a) Motorcycle.
(b) Horse ride.
(c) Roller coaster.
(d) Nature walk.

12. Who advises Jorge to buy a house by the sea?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Celia.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Jorge's mother.

13. Who is a target for bomb threats at the Metropolitan Opera House?
(a) Counter-revolutionaries.
(b) Police officers.
(c) Cuban ballerinas.
(d) Lourdes.

14. What message does Pilar include on her painting of Lady Liberty?
(a) "Freedom Rules."
(b) "I'm a Mess."
(c) "One Love."
(d) "Walk on the Wild Side."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The elderly man at the botanica calls Pilar the daughter of _____.

2. What does Celia tell Gustavo has become the joke of the Caribbean?

3. What divine object does Felicia become fascinated with in Imagining Winter: God's Will?

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

5. What religion does Celia acknowledge she dabbles in?

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