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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of people does Celia say she relates to?
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Negative people.
(c) Religious people.
(d) Dead people.

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

4. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?
(a) Her inability to deal with the loss of her father.
(b) She has syphilis.
(c) The break up of her marriage.
(d) Food poisoning.

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

6. Where is Felicia marching at the start of Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?
(a) Sierra Maesta.
(b) Sagua La Grande.
(c) Guantánamo.
(d) Santiago de Cuba.

7. Why does Celia want to leave New York?
(a) To start her own bakery.
(b) To pursue a singing career.
(c) To escape her life.
(d) To visit colleges.

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

9. How do Celia's feelings change for Jorge in Ordinary Seductions: Celia's Letters: 1935-1940?
(a) She wants to start over with him.
(b) She feels sorry for him.
(c) She starts to appreciate his sense of humor.
(d) She falls in love with him.

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

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

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

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

14. Where does Felicia follow Hugo when they first meet?
(a) Hotel Inglaterra.
(b) East Havana.
(c) City Hall.
(d) A church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pilar visit in Miami?

2. What does Tia Alica leave Celia when she dies?

3. Who does Celia believe murdered a woman she befriended?

4. What are the names of the fishing boats Celia sees?

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

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