Kissing the Virgin's Mouth Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is Magda's new passion in Guadalajara? (from Section 5: I thank my own clever mind, my own rare suerte, I thank las promesas, From the quietest moment within...)

Making juice.

Creating murals.

Playing in a band.

The study of Mexican history.

2.

Who does Magda describe as "the woman everyone loves to hate"? What did she do to cause so much hatred? (from Section 5: I thank my own clever mind, my own rare suerte, I thank las promesas, From the quietest moment within...)

Malinche/Malintzin; she was Cortés' enslaved whore.

Guadalupe; she betrayed the Mexican forces during the war for independence from Spain.

Señora de Aguilar; she was the first to see the Spanish Conquistadores.

Frida Kahlo; she painted self-portraits that were profane and provocative.

3.

What does Martina want to do instead of taking over Magda's business after graduating from college? (from Section 6: I thank my own coming blindness, I thank mí hija, I kiss the Virgin's mouth...)

Start her own business.

Go to Medical School.

Join Peace Corps.

Go to Law School.

4.

Who is responsible for driving Magda out of Teatlán when she is a teenager? (from Section 3: I even thank my cabrón of a father; I light a candle to the puras tonterías of sex; I thank the generosity of the guilty, the meanness of the moral)

Mami.

Gordo Chuy.

Señora Beltrán.

Abuelito.

5.

What happens to Chucha's braid during Carnaval? (from Section 1: I thank the dark Virgin, morena like me; I thank the blindness of my mother; From the quietest beginnings, from the quietest place within; I thank the plátano that saved my life, the prisoner who set me free...)

She gives it to her husband as a gift.

She cuts it off in protest of the carnival.

It gets caught in the machinery of a Ferris wheel.

It is severed by the Federales.

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