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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wakens Pilar by the pool?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Tia Rosario.
(c) Celia.
(d) Blanquito.

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

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

4. Who does Celia believe murdered a woman she befriended?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) Jorge.
(c) A local priest.
(d) The hospital.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who predicts that Celia will survive hard times and live by the water?
(a) Celia's great aunt.
(b) A santera.
(c) A psychic friend.
(d) Gustavo.

11. What foods does Felicia insist will purify, in Ordinary Seductions: The Fire Between Them?
(a) Beans and bananas.
(b) Blueberries and dark chocolate.
(c) Raw fruits and vegetables.
(d) Meringues and coconuts.

12. What month and year do nearly 300 people come to the only movie theater in Santa Teresa del Mar for a civil trial?
(a) October 1949.
(b) December 1975.
(c) January 1974.
(d) August 1969.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What challenge impacts Celia's night with the twins?

2. What did a santera once see on Celia's palm?

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

4. What sport did El Lider excel at in his youth?

5. Who does Pilar see her father with, in Ordinary Seductions: Going South?

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