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

2. Who did Kahlo dance with at a party in Detroit, who was famous?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Henry Ford.
(d) Charlie Chaplan.

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

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

5. What did Kahlo's father say to Rivera to warn him about his daughter?
(a) He said that she was a devil.
(b) He said that she was a harlot.
(c) He said that she was a tramp.
(d) He said that she was a witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Kahlo when she met Rivera again in Chapter 6?

2. Why did Kahlo's father favor her above her sisters?

3. How were Kahlo's paintings different from Rivera's work?

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

5. Whose head did Rivera want to paint beside the head of Abraham Lincoln in his mural?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Frida not paint often during the first few months of her marriage to Rivera?

2. How was Diego Rivera described in Chapter 6?

3. How did Frida feel about her new experience visiting America with Rivera in Chapter 9?

4. How did Guillermo treat Frida compared to his other daughters?

5. What did Frida's painting, A Few Small Nips, symbolize?

6. How did Frida's painting change as her courtship with Rivera intensifies?

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

8. Why did many of Frida's friends see her bus accident as destiny?

9. Who was Leo Eloesser, and how did he help Frida?

10. How did Frida's father, Guillermo, meet his second wife, Frida's mother?

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