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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had Rivera accepted commissions from that he was now having complaints about in Chapter 9?
(a) The Mexican government and the United States.
(b) The Mexican government and Chile.
(c) Germany and the Mexican government.
(d) The United States and Germany.

2. What year did Kahlo claim that she was born?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1907.

3. Who did Kahlo meet in America who was an important doctor?
(a) Eva Frederick.
(b) Leo Eloesser.
(c) Luther Burbank.
(d) Edward Weston.

4. What did an article in the New York World-Telegram call Rivera's unfinished mural?
(a) Terrioist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Capitalist.
(d) Breathtaking.

5. What was Rivera known to be by most people, in Chapter 3?
(a) A devoted husband.
(b) A naiive man.
(c) A stubborn brute.
(d) A prominent womanizer.

6. What was the name of Rivera's wife, who became quite jealous of all the time that Rivera spent with Kahlo?
(a) Maria Mendes.
(b) Matilde Lorpe.
(c) Lupe Marin.
(d) Lorraine Moria.

7. How many children did Rivera have in Chapter 6?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

8. What is the name of the street that Kahlo's house, in Chapter 1, is located?
(a) Londress.
(b) Fillmore.
(c) Orchard.
(d) Abbey.

9. Whose head did Rivera want to paint beside the head of Abraham Lincoln in his mural?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Washington.
(d) Lenin.

10. What type of ceremony did Kahlo and Rivera decide to have when they married?
(a) A large ceremony in a Catholic church.
(b) A large beachside ceremony with all their friends.
(c) A quiet ceremony at their favorite spot by the lake.
(d) A small civil ceremony.

11. Why were people starting to find fault with Rivera's work?
(a) Some thought he copied other's work.
(b) Some thought it obscene; others sacrilegious.
(c) Some thought he relied too much on Kahlo.
(d) Some that he used too much color.

12. What happened to Kahlo on September 17, 1925 that forever altered her life?
(a) She was in a horrible train accident.
(b) She was in a horrible bicycle accident.
(c) She was in a horrible bus accident.
(d) She was in a horrible plane accident.

13. Kahlo's mother passed away in Chapter 10 after having what removed?
(a) Her appendix.
(b) Her cancerous moles.
(c) Gallstones.
(d) Her leg.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the house where the story of Frida Kahlo's life begins?

2. Kahlo had a miscarriage while she and Rivera were living in Detroit; what painting did she create during that time?

3. After Kahlo's accident in Chapter 3, what did she struggle against for the rest of her life?

4. How soon did Kahlo's first relapse come after her accident?

5. How long did Rivera wait before starting to paint in order to capture the American people, in Chapter 9?

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