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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What divine object does Felicia become fascinated with in Imagining Winter: God's Will?
(a) Statue.
(b) Shawl.
(c) Gold.
(d) Coconut.

2. What does Pilar find in her mother's hosiery drawer?
(a) Cupcakes.
(b) Money.
(c) Photographs of Celia.
(d) Love letters.

3. What does Celia smash in the final hours of Felicia's life?
(a) A figure of Obatala.
(b) A wine bottle.
(c) A window.
(d) A record player.

4. Why does Lourdes stop eating in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?
(a) To purify herself.
(b) She cannot afford to buy food.
(c) To lose weight.
(d) To protest the regime.

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

6. Celia tells Gustavo that Rufino Puente comes from one of the _____ families in Cuba.
(a) Meanest.
(b) Notorious.
(c) Wealthiest.
(d) Happiest.

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

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

9. Who is Ernesto Brito?
(a) Ivanito's best friend.
(b) A famous singer.
(c) Ivanito's teacher.
(d) A man Felicia marries.

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

11. What does Celia say Javier wins in her letter?
(a) A car.
(b) A bingo game.
(c) A coloring contest.
(d) A science prize.

12. Who discourages Felicia's devotion to the gods?
(a) Celia.
(b) Yernaya.
(c) Herminia.
(d) Obatala.

13. What does Celia tell Gustavo has become the joke of the Caribbean?
(a) Politics.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Santeria.
(d) Tourism.

14. In Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude, where does Lourdes suggest Pilar move to?
(a) Cuba.
(b) China.
(c) Next door.
(d) Russia.

15. What does Celia report about Lourdes in her letter to Gustavo?
(a) Lourdes is seeing a new man.
(b) Lourdes is planning a vacation.
(c) Lourdes is going back to school.
(d) Lourdes is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jorge feel about his daughter's upcoming marriage?

2. In Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude, what does Lourdes do on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

3. What does Felicia's family fear about her sudden peacefulness?

4. Who does Felicia want to greet her after her initiation?

5. What does Celia tell Gustavo hurts her about Lourdes?

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