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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who terrorizes Celia in Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street?
(a) Felicia.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Jorge's sister and mother.
(d) Lourdes.

2. What smell is in the air when Celia runs to the beach?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Fish.
(c) Incense.
(d) Lavender.

3. 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 her father promised them money.
(c) The nuns say her father's spirit thanked them for his care.
(d) The nuns say they want her to bake a cake for her father.

4. What did a santera once see on Celia's palm?
(a) More children.
(b) A rainbow.
(c) Death.
(d) A wet landscape.

5. What does Celia agree to do if Gustavo does not respond to her letters?
(a) She must marry Jorge.
(b) She must visit Gustavo in person.
(c) She must contact Gustavo's wife.
(d) She must let the santera set her up with someone new.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pilar talk about on the bus?

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

3. Who does Pilar see her father with, in Ordinary Seductions: Going South?

4. Who does Celia see emerge from the light and come toward her?

5. Who did Celia fall in love with before she met Jorge?

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