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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ordinary Seductions: Celia's Letters: 1942 - 1949.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Celia's mother do when she is young?
(a) Teaches her how to sew.
(b) Makes her cook dinner for the family.
(c) Abandons her on a train.
(d) Forces her to perform in the circus.

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

3. What does Lourdes tell her visitors to do in Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons?
(a) She tells them to look at garden.
(b) She tells them to come inside for coffee.
(c) She tells them to leave.
(d) She tells them to take off their hats.

4. Who does Celia see emerge from the light and come toward her?
(a) A dolphin.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bat.
(d) Her husband.

5. What does Celia report in her final letter happens to Jorge?
(a) He has just received a job promotion.
(b) He is leaving her.
(c) He has started hearing voices.
(d) He is in a terrible accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lourdes and Rufino decide to live?

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

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

4. Who does Celia say in her letters treats her poorly?

5. What unique talent does Pilar have?

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