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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. Where do Lourdes and Rufino decide to live?
(a) Tampa.
(b) New York.
(c) Miami.
(d) Philadelphia.

2. What challenge impacts Celia's night with the twins?
(a) The twins are sick.
(b) She is worried about Felicia.
(c) She has no money.
(d) Loss of power.

3. Who encourages Celia to write to Gustavo?
(a) The santera.
(b) Jorge.
(c) A spirit.
(d) Alicia.

4. What does Celia keep that her lover gave her?
(a) An engagement ring.
(b) A dozen roses.
(c) A scarf.
(d) Pearl earrings.

5. Who is the civil trial between in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?
(a) Ester Ugarte and Loli Regalado.
(b) Milagro and Luz.
(c) Felicia and Ivanito.
(d) Beny More and Ibrahim Ferrer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Felicia marching at the start of Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?

2. What are the names of the fishing boats Celia sees?

3. Who does Pilar see her father with, in Ordinary Seductions: Going South?

4. What was Celia's son born with that is a sign of good luck?

5. Who convinces Lourdes that her daughter, Pilar, does not hate her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Pilar's supernatural gifts?

3. How did Celia's husband destroy one of their dining room chairs?

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

5. What qualities make Lourdes an irritating force to her family?

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

7. How does Celia know her husband has died?

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

9. How does Celia describe the environment that Lourdes was born in?

10. Why does Celia say her father was murdered?

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