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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 Pilar feel as she leans against the tree where she is attacked?

2. What does Celia cheer for in her last letter?

3. What does Pilar find of interest in the personals?

4. What does Celia say Javier wins in her letter?

5. What does Celia realize when she hears shells singing a song in her bones?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jorge say that causes Lourdes to fall to the ground and bleed?

2. What does Celia say Jorge is jealous about?

3. Why is Jorge enraged with Celia while he is on a business trip?

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

5. Why does Jorge say he left Cuba?

6. What does Lourdes prefer to do, rather than listen to Ivanito's dreams?

7. How does Lourdes respond when she eats the sugar cane in Cuba?

8. What helps Pilar's life begin in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Celia choose a life of questioning and wondering? How does this way of life help her? How does it hurt her?

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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