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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 Felicia's new friend tell her sea shells represent?

2. What music does Pilar play after she makes a purchase?

3. What do the boys do with Pilar's herbs?

4. What does Felicia ask her new friend to do for her?

5. What does Felicia sell in her new job?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Pilar believe will help her understand Celia's sadness?

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

7. Why does Celia believe Lourdes is punishing her?

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

9. Why does Ivanito run away from his teacher?

10. Why does Felicia pour lye on Graciela Moriera's scalp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Felicia's attraction to darkness like her mother's? How is her attraction to darkness unlike her mother's? Why might they follow different spiritual paths, even though they are both drawn to darkness?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Jorge become a prominent figure in Lourdes's life only after his death? Why does he speak to Lourdes and not Celia, Felicia, or Javier? How do Jorge's insights influence other members of the family?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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