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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. What type of work did Jorge do before the revolution?
(a) He cooked for El Lider.
(b) He sold electric brooms and portable fans.
(c) He was a fisherman.
(d) He sold cars.

2. What does Celia do on the 11th of every month for 25 years?
(a) She builds a sand castle on the beach.
(b) She writes a letter to Gustavo.
(c) She prays for peace.
(d) She visits an old friend in Havana.

3. Who does Pilar talk to, at length, on a bus ride?
(a) The bus driver.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A woman.
(d) A group of orphans.

4. Who arrives in Santa Teresa del Mar, screaming for Celia?
(a) Javier.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Lordes.
(d) Ivanito.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Celia waiting for at the start of Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street?

2. What does Celia tell her daughter not to bring in the house?

3. What does Pilar talk about on the bus?

4. Where is Gustavo Sierra de Armas from?

5. Who is Pilar able to communicate telepathically with?

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