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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. When did Pilar leave her Abuela Celia?
(a) When she was 2 years old.
(b) Several weeks ago.
(c) On her 16th birthday.
(d) A year ago.

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

3. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?
(a) She has syphilis.
(b) The break up of her marriage.
(c) Her inability to deal with the loss of her father.
(d) Food poisoning.

4. Why do Lourdes and Rufino originally leave Cuba?
(a) Rufino is offered a job elsewhere.
(b) Lourdes wants to live some place cold.
(c) They are worried about the economy in Cuba.
(d) They want to escape soldiers.

5. Who is the judge during the civil trial?
(a) El Lider.
(b) Celia.
(c) Loli Regalado.
(d) Cristina Garcia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celia's mother do when she is young?

2. Who does Celia say killed her father?

3. In Ordinary Seductions: Celia's Letters: 1942-1949, which author does Celia read?

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

5. Who does Celia believe murdered a woman she befriended?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Felicia attempt to kill her husband, Hugo?

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

3. Why does Celia imply that the mental asylum is a refuge?

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

5. Why does Lourdes fire her new employee at the bakery?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Felicia realize about her mother's attraction to El Lider?

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