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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctors prescribe for Kahlo after she recovered from her illness?
(a) Physical exercise.
(b) A pill she had to take every day.
(c) More rest.
(d) Reading to help her eyesight.

2. What did Kahlo delight in doing to the New York press?
(a) Creating paintings depicting them.
(b) Making fun of them and watching them squirm.
(c) Talking to them.
(d) Avoding them.

3. How old was Rivera when he began work at the National Preparatory School?
(a) Thirty-six.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Fifty-six.
(d) Forty-six.

4. Why didn't Kahlo paint often during her first few months of marriage to Rivera?
(a) She was spending a great deal of her time learning how to be a wife to Rivera.
(b) She and Rivera had been busy traveling.
(c) She had no desire to paint.
(d) Rivera told her to take a break for a few months.

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

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

7. Why did Kahlo's father favor her above her sisters?
(a) Because she was the prettiest.
(b) Because she was the most outgoing.
(c) Because she was the most intelligent.
(d) Because he saw much of himself in the girl.

8. 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.

9. What are a group of painters commissioned to create for the National Preparatory School?
(a) A set of murals.
(b) Individual portraits of the professors and students.
(c) A set of sculptures.
(d) A giant portrait of the professors.

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

11. Who did Kahlo write passionate letters to that showed her strong will, not just to endure the pain, but to live life fully?
(a) Her father and her friends.
(b) Her mother and her friends.
(c) Rivera and her friends.
(d) Arias and her friends.

12. What happened to Kahlo when she became ill after leaving New York in Chapter 11?
(a) Her right hand seemed paralyzed.
(b) Her left foot seemed paralyzed.
(c) Her left hand seemed paralyzed.
(d) Her right foot seemed paralyzed.

13. Rivera was famous for his paintings and infamous for his what?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Antics.
(c) Vehicles.
(d) Personality.

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

15. What did many Mexicans and Kahlo's friends see her accident as?
(a) Destiny.
(b) A curse.
(c) Hope.
(d) A tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Rivera marry in 1922 who was also his mistress?

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

3. Where was Rivera hoping to move his murals to by working hard in Detroit?

4. Who did Kahlo's father meet while working in the jewelry store?

5. Who was the person that taught Kahlo what Rivera's favorite foods were?

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