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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. What does Celia say Javier does in his room for days at a time?
(a) Decorates.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Reads.
(d) Dances.

2. Who tells Ivanito that vile things will be said to him/her in Russia?
(a) Javier.
(b) Pilar.
(c) Celia.
(d) Sergey Mikoyan.

3. The elderly man at the botanica calls Pilar the daughter of _____.
(a) Chango.
(b) Lourdes.
(c) Change.
(d) The Sea.

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

5. Celia wonders if her relationship with Gustavo, through letters, is better than watching him _____ and _____.
(a) Love others/Reject her.
(b) Change/Disappoint.
(c) Be flawed/Imperfect.
(d) Grow old/Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Felicia's parents afraid of her new friend's father?

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

3. Where are the boys when Pilar opens her eyes?

4. What does Celia smash in the final hours of Felicia's life?

5. What does Pilar find in her mother's hosiery drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Lourdes to swing her handbag at a man in her bakery?

2. Why does Ivanito run away from his teacher?

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

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

5. Why does Lourdes suggest Pilar move to Russia?

6. How does Lourdes infuriate Pilar in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

7. How does Lourdes respond when she eats the sugar cane in Cuba?

8. What does Herminia tell Felicia seashells represent?

9. Why does Celia believe Lourdes is punishing her?

10. Why are the women in town attracted to Javier?

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