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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Lourdes, in Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons, when Rufino is out of town?
(a) Soldiers rape her.
(b) Lightning strikes her.
(c) She falls off a horse.
(d) She is in a car accident.

3. Why does Lourdes fire her new employee?
(a) The woman lied on her resume.
(b) The woman steals from her.
(c) The woman takes extremely long breaks.
(d) The woman has eyes for Rufino.

4. Who convinces Lourdes that her daughter, Pilar, does not hate her?
(a) Celia.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Rufino.
(d) Felicia.

5. Who does Pilar see her father with, in Ordinary Seductions: Going South?
(a) His boss.
(b) Another woman.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

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

8. What time of year does Ordinary Seductions: Ocean Blue take place?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

9. What composer did Celia play while Jorge traveled?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Rachmaninoff.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Debussy.

10. What initially scares Luz and Milagro when they see their father?
(a) His looks.
(b) A ghost standing behind him.
(c) Disappointing their mother.
(d) A dog running toward them.

11. Who does Celia tell Gustavo saved her?
(a) Tia Alicia.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Pilar.
(d) Jorge.

12. Why is Hugo forced to marry Felicia?
(a) A santera tells him he will have bad luck if he refuses.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) He lost a bet.
(d) It is an arranged marriage.

13. At what time of Celia's life does she go to live with Tia Alicia?
(a) When her parents die.
(b) After Jorge dies.
(c) When Tia Alica gets sick.
(d) When her parents get a divorce.

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

15. What does Jorge say frightens him about Celia?
(a) Her cooking.
(b) Her smile.
(c) Her attitude.
(d) Her spending.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hugo tell his daughters he wants to see?

2. What do Celia's daughters fear they will never get to leave?

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

4. What does Celia's mother do when she is young?

5. What object does Celia worry about after a tidal wave?

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