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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What foods does Felicia insist will purify, in Ordinary Seductions: The Fire Between Them?
(a) Meringues and coconuts.
(b) Beans and bananas.
(c) Blueberries and dark chocolate.
(d) Raw fruits and vegetables.

2. What type of people does Celia say she relates to?
(a) Negative people.
(b) Wealthy people.
(c) Dead people.
(d) Religious people.

3. Why does Lourdes fire her new employee?
(a) The woman steals from her.
(b) The woman has eyes for Rufino.
(c) The woman takes extremely long breaks.
(d) The woman lied on her resume.

4. In Chapter 2, what family member does Lourdes unsuccessfully call?
(a) Felicia.
(b) Celia.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Rufino.

5. What are the names of the fishing boats Celia sees?
(a) The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
(b) Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
(c) Charles and Eddie.
(d) Boats A, B and C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Celia's feelings change for Jorge in Ordinary Seductions: Celia's Letters: 1935-1940?

2. Why does Celia feel Jorge betrays her?

3. Where does Felicia follow Hugo when they first meet?

4. Why is Celia's father killed?

5. Who does Ivanito most resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Celia's son being born with a caul?

2. What happens to Celia after her parents divorce?

3. According to rumors, why have yanquis ringed the island with nuclear poison?

4. Why does Celia name her son after her father?

5. What confuses Celia about her success as a judge in the town cases?

6. What does Ester Ugarte accuse Loli Regalado of in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?

7. How does Rufino bond with his daughter Pilar?

8. Under what condition does Celia tell Gustavo she will come find him?

9. What does Celia tell Gustavo she does when she hears Jorge has been in a terrible accident?

10. Why does Celia say her father was murdered?

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