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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Felicia want to greet her after her initiation?
(a) Herminia.
(b) Her mother and children.
(c) People she passes on the street.
(d) The spirits of her dead husbands.

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

3. Who does Jorge force to learn accounting?
(a) Celia.
(b) His mother.
(c) Javier.
(d) Lourdes.

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

5. In Imagining Winter: Daughters of Chango, what reason does Jorge give Lourdes for wanting to escape Celia?
(a) He found another woman in New York.
(b) She tried to kill him.
(c) She was leaving him for Gustavo.
(d) She thought only of the Revolution.

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

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

8. When does Jorge realize he went too far in trying to break Celia?
(a) When he returns from his trip.
(b) After he dies.
(c) While he is on his trip.
(d) Before he leaves for his trip.

9. Why doesn't Celia have time to take care of Felicia?
(a) She is taking care of Javier.
(b) She is homeschooling Ivanito.
(c) She is busy with her work as a judge.
(d) She is doing more work for El Lider.

10. What do the boys do with Pilar's herbs?
(a) Smoke them.
(b) Scatter them.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Put them in a backpack.

11. Who tells Ivanito that vile things will be said to him/her in Russia?
(a) Javier.
(b) Pilar.
(c) Sergey Mikoyan.
(d) Celia.

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

13. What does Celia say Javier does in his room for days at a time?
(a) Decorates.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Reads.
(d) Dances.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What character has a disregard for "everything meaningful?"

2. What suddenly disgusts Lourdes in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

3. Who discourages Felicia's devotion to the gods?

4. What does Lourdes do after the taxi arrives at Celia's house?

5. What is the topic of the book Pilar gives Lourdes in Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude?

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