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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1950, Kahlo went to the hospital in Mexico City; how long did she stay there?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

2. What type of teaching style did Kahlo use?
(a) Passive.
(b) Authoritative.
(c) Regimented.
(d) Unstructured.

3. Who did Kahlo have an affair with, that went so far as the two of them got an apartment together?
(a) Isamu Noguchi.
(b) Islander Nokali.
(c) Leon Trotskyites.
(d) Luis Trattini.

4. What movement did Kahlo learn about while staying in Paris?
(a) Impressionism movement.
(b) The Surrealist movement.
(c) Anarchist movement.
(d) Resistance movement.

5. What did Kahlo do a month after her divorce became final and was the same thing she did when learning of her husband's affair with her sister?
(a) She dyed her hair blond.
(b) She cut her hair short.
(c) She shaved her head.
(d) She dyed her hair red.

6. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that she says has special importance to her in Chapter 16?
(a) What the Air Gave Me.
(b) What the Water Gave Me.
(c) What the Sun Gave Me.
(d) What the Earth Gave Me.

7. What did Kahlo decorate her hospital room with in Chapter 22?
(a) Her paintings.
(b) Flowers and plants.
(c) Painted sugar skulls and candelabra.
(d) Pictures from her past.

8. Rivera despaired Kahlo's illness; what did he tell people he would do if he was stronger?
(a) Kill her to relieve her suffering.
(b) Find a way to relieve her pain.
(c) Stay with her.
(d) Leave her.

9. Why was the loss of a body part such a huge blow to Kahlo?
(a) She did not think Rivera would love her anymore.
(b) She was embarrassed at losing a body part at such a young age.
(c) She didn''t know how she would ever be able to paint again.
(d) Her sense of identity and self-esteem were heavily linked to her outward appearance.

10. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created to depict the pain she was suffering through?
(a) The Little Bird.
(b) The Little Lamb.
(c) The Little Dove.
(d) The Little Deer.

11. What physical aspect about Rivera did Kahlo laugh at?
(a) His hair.
(b) The way he dresses.
(c) His bread.
(d) His size.

12. What happened to Kahlo since she was not immediately happy with the city of Paris?
(a) She became very depressed.
(b) She wrote letters home complaining of the city.
(c) She began to paint very depressing pictures.
(d) She ended up ill in the American Hospital.

13. At what school was Kahlo was invited to teach?
(a) La Emelia.
(b) La Esmeralda.
(c) La Evangelina.
(d) La Esmerada.

14. What part of Kahlo's body was amputated?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her arm.

15. How did Rivera act when he did not get what he wanted?
(a) He pouted and became upset.
(b) He screamed and yelled.
(c) He locked himself in his room.
(d) He cried and begged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was listed as a prime suspect in the attempted assassination of Trotsky?

2. What was done to help Kahlo in Mexico in Chapter 23?

3. What did Rivera and Kahlo tell the press was the reason of their divorce?

4. What did Kahlo and Rivera say the success of their marriage depended on besides humor, social conscience, intelligence?

5. In Chapter 19, in what type of show did Kahlo participate?

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