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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the strongest reason that Kahlo is permitted to attend such an impressive school as the National Preparatory School?
(a) Her mother, Matilde.
(b) Her father, Alejandro.
(c) Her mother, Maria.
(d) Her father, Guillermo.

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

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

6. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that symbolized her aching to return to her homeland?
(a) My Tears.
(b) A Few Small Nips.
(c) Where I Left My Heart.
(d) My Dress Hangs There.

7. How would Rivera's personality be described?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Severe.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Bland.

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

9. Who built Kahlo's home, in Chapter 1?
(a) Diego Rivera.
(b) Gomez Rivera.
(c) Alejandro Kahlo.
(d) Guillermo Kahlo.

10. What did Kahlo consider the American people to look like?
(a) Cookies without any frosting.
(b) Colorless statues.
(c) Unbaked rolls of bread.
(d) Ice cream cones.

11. Who did Rivera have an affair with that left Kahlo completely distraught in Chapter 12?
(a) Maria.
(b) Cristina.
(c) Calista.
(d) Matilde.

12. What about Kahlo entranced Rivera?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her spunk and freshness.
(c) Her talent.
(d) Her quiet demeanor.

13. How would the stories that Rivera told be described?
(a) Boring.
(b) Scary.
(c) Funny.
(d) Wild.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what was an important part of who Kahlo was?

2. What did an article in the New York World-Telegram call Rivera's unfinished mural?

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

4. Who had Rivera accepted commissions from that he was now having complaints about in Chapter 9?

5. What was the name of Rivera's wife, who became quite jealous of all the time that Rivera spent with Kahlo?

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