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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the key successes to Kahlo and Rivera's eventual marriage?
(a) They were both easily bored and their unusual styles challeneged each other.
(b) They were both intensely passionate.
(c) They were complete opposites.
(d) They were not bothered by seeing other people.

2. How old was Rivera when he met Kahlo again in Chapter 6?
(a) 51 years old.
(b) 55 years old.
(c) 41 years old.
(d) 45 years old.

3. From whom did Kahlo's father gain a commission?
(a) The Canadian government.
(b) The Chilean government.
(c) The German government.
(d) The Mexican government.

4. What did Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 seem to represent?
(a) A culmination of ideas.
(b) The pain of growing up.
(c) The possibilites of life that were so far away from the broken Kahlo.
(d) A synthesis of life.

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

6. How did Kahlo's father begin to behave the worse-off the family's circumstances got, in Chapter 2?
(a) Misanthropic.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Despondent.

7. What is now painted on the wall of Kahlo's home in Chapter 1?
(a) A portrait of Kahlo and Rivera.
(b) Two inscriptions that say that Kahlo died there and that she and Rivera lived their entire lives there.
(c) Two inscriptions that say that Kahlo was born there and that she and Rivera lived there for many years.
(d) A portrait of Kahlo's child.

8. What day was Frida Kahlo born?
(a) July 6, 1909.
(b) July 6, 1907.
(c) July 6, 1910.
(d) July 6, 1908.

9. How were Kahlo's paintings different from Rivera's work?
(a) Kahlo captured an individual's life while Rivera's portraits were huge, sweeping masses.
(b) Kahlo's portratis were huge, sweeping masses while Rivera captured an individual's life.
(c) Kahlo's portraits were colorful while Rivera's were black and white.
(d) Kahlo only used animals in her paintings while Rivera only used humans.

10. In Chapter 7 during their courtship, what did Rivera start to include Kahlo in?
(a) In his meetings with prospective buyers.
(b) In his decision-making for business.
(c) As a model for his sculptures.
(d) As a figure in his murals.

11. Kahlo's parents said that her match with Rivera in marriage was like what?
(a) An elephant and a dove.
(b) A lion and a lamb.
(c) A bear and a kitten.
(d) A tiger and a doe.

12. After Kahlo and Rivera were married, how did Kahlo begin to dress?
(a) As a respectable housewife.
(b) As an American.
(c) As a Tehuana woman.
(d) As a flapper girl.

13. What did Kahlo contract when she was six years old that caused her to spend nine months confined to a room?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Measles.
(c) Polio.
(d) Mumps.

14. Who was the person that taught Kahlo what Rivera's favorite foods were?
(a) His maid.
(b) His children.
(c) His mother.
(d) Lupe Marin.

15. How old was Kahlo when she met Rivera again in Chapter 6?
(a) 23 years old.
(b) 24 years old.
(c) 22 years old.
(d) 25 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kahlo's mother passed away in Chapter 10 after having what removed?

2. What about Kahlo entranced Rivera?

3. What type of surgeon was the doctor that Kahlo met in America, who helped her the rest of her life?

4. How would Rivera's personality be described?

5. What did Kahlo spend a great deal of time and attention to, even during her sickest times?

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