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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kahlo had a miscarriage while she and Rivera were living in Detroit; what painting did she create during that time?
(a) Henry Ford Hospital.
(b) Misery.
(c) My Baby.
(d) Broken Heart.

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

3. What was Kahlo's clique's favorite activity at the National Preparatory School?
(a) To sing songs.
(b) To take turns reading out loud from their favorite books.
(c) To find a better book than the others, finish it first and dramatize it in front of the other members.
(d) To paint portraits of each other.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Rivera known to be by most people, in Chapter 3?

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

3. How would the stories that Rivera told be described?

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

5. How were Rivera and Kahlo affected by their move away from New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Frida's family during the Mexican Revolution?

2. How was Kahlo changed after she contracted polio when she was six-years-old?

3. Who was a member of Frida's close group of friends, the Cachuchas, and what did they do together?

4. What did Frida's painting, The Broken Column, depict?

5. How were Frida's paintings compared to Rivera's?

6. How did Frida introduce herself to Rivera?

7. While at the National Preparatory School, who did Frida date that her parents disapproved of?

8. What happened to Frida after she was in a horrible bus accident in Chapter 4?

9. How did Frida use painting to help her cope with her pain?

10. What was Arias elected to in 1929?

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