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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the nuns tell Lourdes over the phone about her father?
(a) The nuns say they have not seen her father for several days.
(b) The nuns say they want her to bake a cake for her father.
(c) The nuns say her father's spirit thanked them for his care.
(d) The nuns say her father promised them money.

3. What composer did Celia play while Jorge traveled?
(a) Debussy.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Rachmaninoff.

4. What does Jorge say frightens him about Celia?
(a) Her cooking.
(b) Her smile.
(c) Her spending.
(d) Her attitude.

5. How does Celia describe the environment that her first child experiences in her womb?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Poison.
(c) Scared.
(d) Calm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Celia to write to Gustavo?

2. What was Celia's son born with that is a sign of good luck?

3. What foods does Felicia insist will purify, in Ordinary Seductions: The Fire Between Them?

4. In Ordinary Seductions: Celia's Letters: 1942-1949, which author does Celia read?

5. Who does Celia believe murdered a woman she befriended?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Celia after her parents divorce?

2. What does Celia tell Gustavo she does when she hears Jorge has been in a terrible accident?

3. Under what condition does Celia tell Gustavo she will come find him?

4. Why does Jorge allow his sister and mother to terrorize Celia?

5. How does Celia describe the environment that Lourdes was born in?

6. Why does Celia worry about Ivanito's looks?

7. How does Lourdes connect with her husband?

8. How does Felicia attempt to kill her husband, Hugo?

9. Why must a goat be sacrificed to help Felicia?

10. Why does Celia practice the smiles of her youth?

(see the answer keys)

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