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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 to 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fuentes write happened in September of 1925 that changed Frida's life?
(a) An accident.
(b) Her foot was amputated.
(c) She miscarried.
(d) She divorced for the first time.

2. What song lyrics does Frida repeatedly cite in the Diary?
(a) "Sing and don't cry."
(b) "Tree of hope stand firm."
(c) "No man is an island."
(d) "Life is about love, but dancing is fine."

3. In a double (or triple) portrait, that Lowe writes recalls The Two Fridas, which of the following does Lowe write that Kahlo illustrates?
(a) The violence of birth and death.
(b) The strength of romantic life.
(c) The power struggle in a family.
(d) The stages of a woman's life.

4. Which of the following subjects does Frida mention in a letter to her husband in the Diary?
(a) Dollhouses.
(b) Color.
(c) The Day of the Dead.
(d) Food.

5. Before the Mexican Revolution, what culture does Fuentes write influenced Mexico and Latin America?
(a) French culture.
(b) German culture.
(c) Haitian culture.
(d) Italian culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lowe claim Frida creates many of the dedications in the Diary?

2. What does Lowe write about Frida's relationships with women?

3. What film does Isabel Villasenor participate in?

4. What is the name of the monstrous creature that Frida paints in green, wrapped with red ribbons?

5. What story does Lowe liken Frida's childhood memory to?

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