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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 wakens Pilar by the pool?
(a) Celia.
(b) Tia Rosario.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Blanquito.

2. What does Celia plan to do if she has a boy?
(a) She will change her ways.
(b) She will become a santera.
(c) She will name him Gustavo.
(d) She will find Gustavo.

3. Who is Celia waiting for at the start of Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street?
(a) The mail carrier.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Pilar.
(d) Her granddaughters.

4. How does Felicia try to kill Hugo?
(a) With fire.
(b) With a gun.
(c) With a knife.
(d) With poison.

5. What do the nuns tell Lourdes over the phone about her father?
(a) The nuns say they have not seen her father for several days.
(b) The nuns say her father's spirit thanked them for his care.
(c) The nuns say they want her to bake a cake for her father.
(d) The nuns say her father promised them money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who terrorizes Celia in Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street?

2. How does Celia describe the environment that her first child experiences in her womb?

3. What did a santera once see on Celia's palm?

4. What does Celia tell her daughter not to bring in the house?

5. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the soldiers return to the ranch?

2. For what reason is Felicia is persuaded to participate in the Revolution?

3. What agreement for marriage do Jorge and Celia make?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What commitment does Celia make after Jorge dies?

10. Why does Celia worry about Ivanito's looks?

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