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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What music does Pilar play after she makes a purchase?
(a) "The Velvet Underground and Nico."
(b) "Between the Buttons"
(c) "The Doors"
(d) "Revolver"

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

3. What suddenly disgusts Lourdes in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?
(a) Pilar.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Walking.
(d) Solid foods.

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

5. Who makes fun of Lourdes in Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Rufino.
(d) Pilar.

6. What does Celia find while searching through Felicia's old belongings?
(a) An old black swimming suit.
(b) A dream journal.
(c) A report card.
(d) Shells.

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

8. What does the elderly man at the botanica give Pilar?
(a) A record.
(b) Roses.
(c) Herbs.
(d) A book.

9. When Celia returns to her home in Santa Teresa del Mar, she knows Javier has already left to _____.
(a) Plant coffee.
(b) Have lunch with some of the local women.
(c) Find his wife.
(d) Go fishing.

10. Celia wonders if her relationship with Gustavo, through letters, is better than watching him _____ and _____.
(a) Change/Disappoint.
(b) Grow old/Indifferent.
(c) Love others/Reject her.
(d) Be flawed/Imperfect.

11. The elderly man at the botanica calls Pilar the daughter of _____.
(a) Change.
(b) Chango.
(c) The Sea.
(d) Lourdes.

12. Who has Lourdes's bakery become a meeting place for?
(a) Young mothers.
(b) Counter-revolutionaries.
(c) Ballerinas.
(d) Nuns.

13. Where does Felicia get a new job?
(a) Santa Teresa del Mar.
(b) Miami.
(c) Havana.
(d) New York.

14. Who does Celia say curses her for taking Jorge away?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) Javier.
(c) Jorge.
(d) A santera.

15. How many consecutive days does Pilar take herbal baths?
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Celia find in East Havana?

2. What does Felicia request in a note about her burial?

3. Where are the boys when Pilar opens her eyes?

4. Where is Pilar headed when she is surrounded by three young men?

5. What is the only thing Pilar wants to do during the week of midterms?

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