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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celia do on the 11th of every month for 25 years?

2. How does Rufino explain the voices Lourdes hears?

3. What composer did Celia play while Jorge traveled?

4. Who does Pilar talk to, at length, on a bus ride?

5. Who does Pilar visit in Miami?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Celia's great aunt takes her to the santera, what prediction is made for Celia's life?

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

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

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

5. What happens to Celia after her parents divorce?

6. Why does Celia say her father was murdered?

7. What are Pilar's supernatural gifts?

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

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

10. According to rumors, why have yanquis ringed the island with nuclear poison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Celia feel abandoned by in the novel? How do her feelings of abandonment affect her relationships? Who does Celia abandon in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What are the causes of Felicia's madness? How do her problems shape her marriages, friendships, and relationship with her mother and children? How does Felicia deal with her mental deterioration?

Essay Topic 3

How does Lourdes use control with her family? How does she use control in her business? How does Lourdes give up control in the novel? How do Lourdes's conversations with Jorge help her with her need to control others?

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