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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 condition does Celia suffer from that she describes in one of her letters?

2. What does Lourdes tell her visitors to do in Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons?

3. Who is Celia waiting for at the start of Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street?

4. Who did Celia fall in love with before she met Jorge?

5. What does Celia do when she leaves the asylum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jorge reveal about Pilar when Lourdes is on her walk home from the bakery?

2. What happens when the soldiers return to the ranch?

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

4. How does Celia describe the environment that Lourdes was born in?

5. What happens to Celia after her parents divorce?

6. How does Rufino bond with his daughter Pilar?

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

8. How does Felicia attempt to kill herself and her son, Ivanito?

9. How does Celia know her husband has died?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What circumstances allow a transformation to take place in Pilar? How has she prepared herself for this transformation? How do others assist in helping Pilar figure out what she must do?

Essay Topic 3

What might seem unique about Celia's life? What unique gifts does Celia possess? Which quality might help her deal with the loss of her husband?

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