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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Broken Column and Chapter 6, Diego: The Frog Prince.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 that depicted her feelings of paralysis and despair?
(a) The Broken Column.
(b) Self Portrait.
(c) My Birth.
(d) The Shattered Soul.

2. What is the color of the house where the story of Frida Kahlo's life begins?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

3. What was Kahlo's clique's favorite activity at the National Preparatory School?
(a) To paint portraits of each other.
(b) To find a better book than the others, finish it first and dramatize it in front of the other members.
(c) To take turns reading out loud from their favorite books.
(d) To sing songs.

4. Kahlo's mother tried to raise her daughters with a traditional Mexican upbringing; what two things did she enforce?
(a) Plowing the fields and musical talent.
(b) Cleaning the house and religious study.
(c) Mending clothes and yardwork.
(d) Learning how to cook and attending religious services regularly.

5. What did Kahlo's father begin to make a name for himself doing?
(a) Photography.
(b) Writing.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected president of the National Student Confederation in 1929?

2. What was the strongest reason that Kahlo is permitted to attend such an impressive school as the National Preparatory School?

3. From whom did Kahlo's father gain a commission?

4. What happened to Kahlo on September 17, 1925 that forever altered her life?

5. How many boys were in Kahlo's clique at the National Preparatory School?

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