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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what family member does Lourdes unsuccessfully call?
(a) Rufino.
(b) Celia.
(c) Felicia.
(d) Jorge.

2. How does Felicia try to kill Hugo?
(a) With a gun.
(b) With poison.
(c) With a knife.
(d) With fire.

3. What does Celia agree to do if Gustavo does not respond to her letters?
(a) She must marry Jorge.
(b) She must let the santera set her up with someone new.
(c) She must contact Gustavo's wife.
(d) She must visit Gustavo in person.

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

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

6. Who did Celia fall in love with before she met Jorge?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) Ivanito.
(c) Hugo.
(d) El Lider.

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

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

9. What does Pilar talk about on the bus?
(a) Her travel plans.
(b) Her family life.
(c) Her career goals.
(d) Her favorite recipes.

10. What does Tia Alica leave Celia when she dies?
(a) A piano.
(b) A box of shells.
(c) A peacock brooch.
(d) Her house.

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

12. What keeps Celia writing letters to Gustavo?
(a) Her children insist.
(b) Jorge tells her to.
(c) Habit.
(d) Her hopes of reconnecting.

13. What do the nuns tell Lourdes over the phone about her father?
(a) The nuns say they have not seen her father for several days.
(b) The nuns say her father promised them money.
(c) The nuns say her father's spirit thanked them for his care.
(d) The nuns say they want her to bake a cake for her father.

14. Who checks Celia into a mental asylum?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Gustavo.
(c) Celia.
(d) Jorge's sister and mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Celia to write to Gustavo?

2. Who does Celia say killed her father?

3. Where does Pilar actually buy a ticket to?

4. Who comes to the ranch while Lourdes is pregnant with her second child?

5. Why does Celia feel Jorge betrays her?

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