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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the boys when Pilar opens her eyes?
(a) On the basketball court.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In the tree.
(d) They are gone.

2. What new position allows Lourdes to walk around town?
(a) Magazine sales person.
(b) Crossing guard.
(c) Auxiliary policewoman.
(d) Census worker.

3. What does Felicia's fortune show in Imagining Winter: God's Will?
(a) Imminent death.
(b) Fortune and fame.
(c) A daring adventure.
(d) Lasting love.

4. By Thanksgiving, Lourdes loses _____ pounds.
(a) 12.
(b) 82.
(c) 34.
(d) 118.

5. In Imagining Winter: Baskets of Water, how does Ivanito learn English?
(a) Tutoring from his teacher.
(b) From Jorge's textbooks.
(c) Felicia teaches him.
(d) From watching TV.

6. What does Pilar believe with help her understand her grandmother?
(a) Asking Lourdes questions about her.
(b) Spending more time with her.
(c) Writing her letters.
(d) The right side of her face.

7. After Lourdes decorates her house, who changes it back the way it was?
(a) Celia.
(b) Rufino.
(c) A cheating accountant.
(d) Rufino's mother.

8. Who does Celia find in East Havana?
(a) Felicia, who is an an asylum there.
(b) Pilar, who is living there with a group of friends.
(c) The santera who helped her when she was depressed over Gustavo.
(d) Ivanito, living on the streets alone.

9. Who expresses love for the music of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and the Ramones?
(a) Rufino.
(b) Lourdes.
(c) Rufino's mother.
(d) Pilar.

10. What does Celia contemplate, once spring arrives at the end of the story?
(a) The last time she saw Gustavo.
(b) What her grave stone might read.
(c) How many grandchildren she will have.
(d) What she will plant in her garden.

11. Where does Lourdes work shortly after marrying Rufino?
(a) At a police station.
(b) YMCA.
(c) A bakery.
(d) The Puente Ranch.

12. What does Celia cheer for in her last letter?
(a) Felicia getting in a fight.
(b) Javier's soccer team.
(c) A boat race.
(d) The Revolution.

13. Felicia urges her new husband, Otto, to take her on a _____.
(a) Motorcycle.
(b) Horse ride.
(c) Nature walk.
(d) Roller coaster.

14. What character has a disregard for "everything meaningful?"
(a) Lourdes.
(b) Ivanito.
(c) Pilar.
(d) Celia.

15. What does Lourdes soak the book in that Pilar gives her?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Orange juice.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Hot water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many consecutive days does Pilar take herbal baths?

2. What does Pilar feel as she leans against the tree where she is attacked?

3. When Celia returns to her home in Santa Teresa del Mar, she knows Javier has already left to _____.

4. Who is the only person Lourdes feels she can talk to?

5. In Imagining Winter: God's Will, _____ initiates Felicia, and she is given the _____.

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