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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. Where is Ivanito living in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?

2. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Celia after her parents divorce?

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

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

5. Why does Celia say her father was murdered?

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

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

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

9. Why does Jorge allow his sister and mother to terrorize Celia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Celia's religious beliefs? Does Celia belong to a religion? Why or why not? What experiences shape Celia's spiritual beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

How do the characters in Dreaming in Cuban thrive in the face of conflict? Choose one character and describe how he or she uses conflict to improve his or her life.

Essay Topic 3

What significance does Ivanito leaving Cuba at the end of the novel have? Why doesn't Celia have a say in this decision? Why does Pilar choose not to share the decision with Celia when she has a chance?

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