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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice does Lourdes hear in her head?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her daughter.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. Who does Celia write letters to, from 1935-1940?
(a) El Lider.
(b) Jorge.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Gustavo.

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

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

9. Who does Celia remember, as a result of her son's birth?
(a) A childhood friend.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Tia Alicia.

10. What condition does Celia suffer from that she describes in one of her letters?
(a) Psoriasis.
(b) Dyslexia.
(c) Ecxema.
(d) Insomnia.

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

12. What unique talent does Pilar have?
(a) She can make rabbits disappear.
(b) She can fly.
(c) She can read lips.
(d) She can recall everything that has happened to her.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Celia wakes up in a panic, where does she want to go?

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

3. Where does Felicia follow Hugo when they first meet?

4. What does Lourdes tell her visitors to do in Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons?

5. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?

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