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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 Celia returns to her home in Santa Teresa del Mar, she knows Javier has already left to _____.
(a) Go fishing.
(b) Have lunch with some of the local women.
(c) Plant coffee.
(d) Find his wife.

2. How many consecutive days does Pilar take herbal baths?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

3. In Imagining Winter: Baskets of Water, how does Ivanito learn English?
(a) From Jorge's textbooks.
(b) Tutoring from his teacher.
(c) Felicia teaches him.
(d) From watching TV.

4. Who does Felicia want to greet her after her initiation?
(a) Herminia.
(b) People she passes on the street.
(c) Her mother and children.
(d) The spirits of her dead husbands.

5. What does Felicia's fortune show in Imagining Winter: God's Will?
(a) Lasting love.
(b) A daring adventure.
(c) Imminent death.
(d) Fortune and fame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Pilar wants to do during the week of midterms?

2. What does Celia contemplate, once spring arrives at the end of the story?

3. What suddenly disgusts Lourdes in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

4. Who expresses love for the music of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and the Ramones?

5. What does Felicia ask her new friend to do for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jorge say that causes Lourdes to fall to the ground and bleed?

2. Why does Jorge force Javier to learn accounting when he is five-years old?

3. While Pilar is out shopping, what does she realize is the only time in life she felt determined?

4. Why does Lourdes suggest Pilar move to Russia?

5. What academic activity does Celia say Javier has been involved with?

6. Why does Felicia pour lye on Graciela Moriera's scalp?

7. What does Jorge admit about his plan to break Celia by leaving her with his family?

8. Why does Celia believe Lourdes is punishing her?

9. How does Felicia support Herminia when her son dies?

10. Why does Jorge say he left Cuba?

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