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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What divine object does Felicia become fascinated with in Imagining Winter: God's Will?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Shawl.
(c) Gold.
(d) Statue.

3. Who does Felicia want to greet her after her initiation?
(a) People she passes on the street.
(b) Her mother and children.
(c) The spirits of her dead husbands.
(d) Herminia.

4. Who returns the day after Felicia burns Graciela's scalp?
(a) Ernesto.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Javier.

5. 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.

6. What does Celia contemplate, once spring arrives at the end of the story?
(a) What her grave stone might read.
(b) How many grandchildren she will have.
(c) The last time she saw Gustavo.
(d) What she will plant in her garden.

7. What upsets Lourdes, when she arrives at Celia's house?
(a) There is no food prepared.
(b) The way Celia looks.
(c) How messy the house is.
(d) The smell of the house.

8. In Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude, where does Lourdes suggest Pilar move to?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Next door.

9. Who does Celia find in East Havana?
(a) Felicia, who is an an asylum there.
(b) The santera who helped her when she was depressed over Gustavo.
(c) Ivanito, living on the streets alone.
(d) Pilar, who is living there with a group of friends.

10. Who tells Ivanito that vile things will be said to him/her in Russia?
(a) Celia.
(b) Javier.
(c) Pilar.
(d) Sergey Mikoyan.

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

12. What suddenly disgusts Lourdes in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Solid foods.
(c) Walking.
(d) Pilar.

13. What does Celia say Javier does in his room for days at a time?
(a) Reads.
(b) Dances.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Decorates.

14. Where is Pilar headed when she is surrounded by three young men?
(a) Bakery.
(b) Music store.
(c) Library.
(d) Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Celia say is rid from the country in her last letter?

2. Who discourages Felicia's devotion to the gods?

3. What does Celia discover on her body, at the end of Imagining Winter: Baskets of Water?

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

5. What does Felicia ask her new friend to do for her?

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