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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. How does Jorge feel about his daughter's upcoming marriage?

2. Why doesn't Celia have time to take care of Felicia?

3. What does Lourdes soak the book in that Pilar gives her?

4. What does Lourdes recall telling tourists, so they would buy her food?

5. In Imagining Winter: God's Will, _____ initiates Felicia, and she is given the _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ivanito run away from his teacher?

2. What does Celia wonder about her relationship with Gustavo?

3. Why does Lourdes have a hard time punishing Pilar?

4. How does Lourdes respond to Pilar, when she wants to talk about her grandmother?

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

6. Why does Jorge say he left Cuba?

7. How does Celia respond to the religious attendees trying to soothe Felicia as she nears death?

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

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

10. Why does Celia believe Lourdes is punishing her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What joyful experiences has Ivanito known in his life? What are some signs that show that Ivanito is disappointed? How does Ivanito escape from his problems?

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

Why does Celia write a letter to Gustavo each month? What experiences or memories is she trying to preserve? How is the voice she uses in her letters different from the voice she uses in everyday life?

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