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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. Carmelita becomes enraged when the mugger damages her ______.
(a) Shoe.
(b) Coat.
(c) Door.
(d) Hair.

2. What is Pollo?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Oats.

3. What item does Juana give to Maria Luisa?
(a) Coat.
(b) Bible.
(c) Bread.
(d) Ring.

4. What birds are mentioned in relation to the fanciful cakes?
(a) Starlings.
(b) Hummingbirds.
(c) Turtledoves.
(d) Cardinals.

5. Who interrupts the call from the Dictator?
(a) Carmelita's father.
(b) Orchidia.
(c) Igor.
(d) Maldito.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the Dictator's sunglasses?

2. What is the animal's name?

3. Which craft fascinates Carmelita?

4. Alba tells Juana, "Men use _____. A woman uses her head."

5. Dee believes that she must be _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sor Juana? What is the basis of the Nightmare?

2. What are some of the topics discussed in the BMU by the women? What family story does Carmelita tell the others?

3. Who is Alba? What does she say to try to dissuade Juana from leaving the convent?

4. Why were Carmelita and the others protesting and where? What happened at the site? What was the result?

5. What is the main theme in "Carmelita Tropicana: Your Kunst Is Your Waffen?"

6. What happens to interrupt the tender moment between Juana and Maria Luisa? What major event occurs? Who appears on the scene?

7. What is "El Recibo Social?" What is the main topic? Why is it important to Carmelita?

8. What does Carmelita tell her audience about becoming a performance artist? When did it occur? How did it happen?

9. Discuss Carmelita's radio spot for WNYC. What was the purpose of the spot?

10. What does Carmelita say to Dee in an attempt to garner sympathy from the woman?

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