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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ordinary Seductions: The House on Palmas Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Celia respond when her lover leaves Cuba?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She gets depressed.
(c) She feels guilty.
(d) She is disgusted.

2. Who does Celia see emerge from the light and come toward her?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A bat.
(d) A dolphin.

3. What do the nuns tell Lourdes over the phone about her father?
(a) The nuns say her father promised them money.
(b) The nuns say they have not seen her father for several days.
(c) The nuns say they want her to bake a cake for her father.
(d) The nuns say her father's spirit thanked them for his care.

4. What does Celia tell her daughter not to bring in the house?
(a) A frown on her face.
(b) Her dirty shoes.
(c) A wet umbrella.
(d) Shells.

5. What are the names of the fishing boats Celia sees?
(a) Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.
(b) The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
(c) Charles and Eddie.
(d) Boats A, B and C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celia guard at the start of Ordinary Seductions: Ocean Blue?

2. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?

3. What type of work did Jorge do before the revolution?

4. Who does Pilar talk to, at length, on a bus ride?

5. Who predicts that Celia will survive hard times and live by the water?

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