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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. Who comes to the ranch while Lourdes is pregnant with her second child?
(a) Celia and Jorge.
(b) Cowboys.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Felicia.

2. Who arrives in Santa Teresa del Mar, screaming for Celia?
(a) Ivanito.
(b) Lordes.
(c) Javier.
(d) Felicia.

3. What does Celia guard at the start of Ordinary Seductions: Ocean Blue?
(a) The North coast of Cuba.
(b) The bakery.
(c) A garden.
(d) A church.

4. What does Tia Alica leave Celia when she dies?
(a) A peacock brooch.
(b) Her house.
(c) A piano.
(d) A box of shells.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did El Lider excel at in his youth?

2. What does Jorge say frightens him about Celia?

3. What time of year does Ordinary Seductions: Ocean Blue take place?

4. What is the main issue in the civil trial?

5. Who does Celia tell Gustavo saved her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Pilar's supernatural gifts?

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

3. When Celia's great aunt takes her to the santera, what prediction is made for Celia's life?

4. What does Jorge reveal about Pilar when Lourdes is on her walk home from the bakery?

5. How does Lourdes connect with her husband?

6. Why does Jorge allow his sister and mother to terrorize Celia?

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

8. What commitment does Celia make after Jorge dies?

9. How does Lourdes respond when soldiers first come to the ranch where she and Rufino live?

10. Why must a goat be sacrificed to help Felicia?

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