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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Ordinary Seductions: The Fire Between Them, who does Felicia teach to dance?
(a) Ivanito.
(b) Beny More.
(c) Celia.
(d) Luz.

2. Where does Pilar actually buy a ticket to?
(a) London.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Miami.
(d) Cuba.

3. Who does Pilar visit in Miami?
(a) A psychic.
(b) Rufino.
(c) Felicia.
(d) Blanquito.

4. When did Pilar leave her Abuela Celia?
(a) On her 16th birthday.
(b) When she was 2 years old.
(c) A year ago.
(d) Several weeks ago.

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

6. Who does Ivanito most resemble?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Felicia.
(c) His sisters.
(d) Celia.

7. Who is Pilar able to communicate telepathically with?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her elderly neighbor.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her grandfather.

8. How does Rufino explain the voices Lourdes hears?
(a) He says she is eating too much sugar.
(b) He says he made the voices, to play a practical joke.
(c) He says she is tired.
(d) He says she is making it up to get attention.

9. Why is Celia's father killed?
(a) For abusing his wife.
(b) For stealing.
(c) For killing someone.
(d) For having affairs with married women.

10. At what time does Lourdes go to the bakery to prepare pastries and doughs?
(a) 12 a.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 3 p.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

11. What does Felicia put in the cake icing?
(a) Rat poison.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Smashed pills.
(d) Toothpaste.

12. Who does Celia take with her to see Jorge?
(a) Her daughters.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) A nurse from the asylum.
(d) Gustavo.

13. Where do Lourdes and Rufino decide to live?
(a) Tampa.
(b) Miami.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who terrorizes Celia in Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street?

2. Why does Felicia volunteer in a camp at night?

3. Where does Pilar plan to travel?

4. Who encourages Celia to write to Gustavo?

5. Why does Celia want to leave New York?

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