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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lourdes calls Pilar demanding to know which _____ is in her _____.
(a) Secret/Diary.
(b) Man/Bed.
(c) Parent/Heart.
(d) Fruit/Pie.

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

4. In Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light, _____finds _____ cheating on her.
(a) Felicia/Hugo.
(b) Celia/Jorge.
(c) Lourdes/Rufino.
(d) Pilar/Ruben.

5. What does Celia discover on her body, at the end of Imagining Winter: Baskets of Water?
(a) A scar.
(b) A heart-shaped mole.
(c) A tick.
(d) A lump in her chest.

6. In Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude, what does Lourdes do on Tuesdays and Thursdays?
(a) She delivers doughnuts to the nuns.
(b) She sees a movie by herself.
(c) She has "date night" with Rufino.
(d) She patrols the streets.

7. Who returns the day after Felicia burns Graciela's scalp?
(a) Jorge.
(b) Ernesto.
(c) Javier.
(d) Hugo.

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

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

10. What does Pilar feel as she leans against the tree where she is attacked?
(a) The chill in the air.
(b) The presence of her ancestors.
(c) The warmth of the sun.
(d) The pulse in the roots of the tree.

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

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

13. Who is a target for bomb threats at the Metropolitan Opera House?
(a) Cuban ballerinas.
(b) Counter-revolutionaries.
(c) Lourdes.
(d) Police officers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jorge force to learn accounting?

2. What does Celia find while searching through Felicia's old belongings?

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

4. What does Lourdes recall telling tourists, so they would buy her food?

5. What music does Pilar play after she makes a purchase?

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