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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Lourdes and Rufino originally leave Cuba?
(a) Lourdes wants to live some place cold.
(b) Rufino is offered a job elsewhere.
(c) They want to escape soldiers.
(d) They are worried about the economy in Cuba.

2. What does Celia plan to do if she has a boy?
(a) She will change her ways.
(b) She will find Gustavo.
(c) She will become a santera.
(d) She will name him Gustavo.

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

4. Who did Celia fall in love with before she met Jorge?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Ivanito.
(d) El Lider.

5. What does Lourdes foresee during her moment of crisis?
(a) Her husband's betrayal.
(b) Someone's eventual death.
(c) A mysterious white light.
(d) The birth of her child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pilar talk to, at length, on a bus ride?

2. Where is Gustavo Sierra de Armas from?

3. What does Celia agree to do if Gustavo does not respond to her letters?

4. Who arrives in Santa Teresa del Mar, screaming for Celia?

5. What condition does Celia suffer from that she describes in one of her letters?

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