Dreaming in Cuban Test | Final Test - Hard

Cristina Garcia
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Dreaming in Cuban Test | Final Test - Hard

Cristina Garcia
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude, where does Lourdes suggest Pilar move to?

2. After Lourdes decorates her house, who changes it back the way it was?

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

4. What does Celia say Javier does in his room for days at a time?

5. How many consecutive days does Pilar take herbal baths?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Celia believe Lourdes is punishing her?

2. How does Lourdes lose so much weight in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

3. How does Lourdes respond to Pilar, when she wants to talk about her grandmother?

4. What causes Lourdes to swing her handbag at a man in her bakery?

5. What does Pilar believe will help her understand Celia's sadness?

6. Describe Javier's behavior while he is in his mother's care.

7. Why does Lourdes have a hard time punishing Pilar?

8. Why is Jorge enraged with Celia while he is on a business trip?

9. Why are the women in town attracted to Javier?

10. What helps Pilar's life begin in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Celia feel abandoned by in the novel? How do her feelings of abandonment affect her relationships? Who does Celia abandon in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Lourdes overeat at the beginning of the novel? Why might Lourdes later feel a sudden need to be empty? What does Lourdes's weight represent in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

How is Felicia's attraction to darkness like her mother's? How is her attraction to darkness unlike her mother's? Why might they follow different spiritual paths, even though they are both drawn to darkness?

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