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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kahlo's mother passed away in Chapter 10 after having what removed?

2. What was the name of Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 that depicted her feelings of paralysis and despair?

3. How did Kahlo introduce herself to Rivera?

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

5. What causes Kahlo's family into penury, whereas before they had lived a comfortable lifestyle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Matilde's half-sister in Chapter 1?

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

4. Why did Frida create the painting Henry Ford Hospital?

5. After leaving Detroit and returning to New York, what did Rivera begin to do?

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

7. What was one of the key reasons for Frida and Rivera's success in their eventual marriage?

8. What was revealed about the blue house on Londress Street in Chapter 1 of Frida?

9. How was Diego Rivera described in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo, she struggled tremendously with her health, suffering through her pain. However, she always managed to endure and persevere with her amazing paintings that inspire others. Examine the theme of determination throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo. What is the definition of determination? How did Frida show her determination in Chapter 23 when she was honored at an art exhibit in Mexico? How did Frida show her determination even as a small child? Besides her determination about beating her physical pain, where else in Frida's life did she show determination?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 4, Frida was involved in a horrific bus accident that altered her life forever. She was never the same after this accident and it profoundly affected the rest of her life. Analyze the bus accident that Frida was involved in and examine its affect on Frida's life. Who was with Frida on the bus and how was that person injured? What injuries did Frida sustain from the bus accident? How optimistic were the doctors on Frida's survival? How was Frida's painting affected after the bus accident?

Essay Topic 3

After Frida and Rivera were married, Frida spent a great deal of time learning how to be a wife to Rivera. Research Mexican traditions and examine what Frida did in Chapter 8 to strive and meet those standards in her marriage. What traits were important for a traditional Mexican wife? What did Frida's mother try to instill in her daughters so they could be proper wives and mothers? How did Rivera feel about Frida being a proper traditional Mexican wife? What did Frida strive to do after she married Rivera? Did she stop painting?

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