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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Celia fall in love with before she met Jorge?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) El Lider.
(c) Ivanito.
(d) Hugo.

2. Why is Hugo forced to marry Felicia?
(a) He lost a bet.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) A santera tells him he will have bad luck if he refuses.
(d) It is an arranged marriage.

3. Why does Celia feel Jorge betrays her?
(a) He leaves her for another woman.
(b) He destroys a letter she wrote to Gustavo.
(c) He tells everyone she is a bad mother.
(d) He puts Celia in the asylum.

4. Who does Celia believe murdered a woman she befriended?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Jorge.
(d) A local priest.

5. Who does Hugo tell his daughters he wants to see?
(a) Ivanito.
(b) Felicia.
(c) His mother.
(d) Celia.

6. Who does Celia tell Gustavo saved her?
(a) Tia Alicia.
(b) Pilar.
(c) Felicia.
(d) Jorge.

7. At what time does Lourdes go to the bakery to prepare pastries and doughs?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 12 a.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 3 p.m.

8. What is the main issue in the civil trial?
(a) Assault.
(b) Arson.
(c) An affair.
(d) Child neglect.

9. What unique talent does Pilar have?
(a) She can fly.
(b) She can make rabbits disappear.
(c) She can read lips.
(d) She can recall everything that has happened to her.

10. What condition does Celia suffer from that she describes in one of her letters?
(a) Ecxema.
(b) Dyslexia.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Psoriasis.

11. What month and year do nearly 300 people come to the only movie theater in Santa Teresa del Mar for a civil trial?
(a) October 1949.
(b) August 1969.
(c) January 1974.
(d) December 1975.

12. Who encourages Celia to write to Gustavo?
(a) A spirit.
(b) The santera.
(c) Alicia.
(d) Jorge.

13. What do Celia's daughters fear they will never get to leave?
(a) Each other.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) Home.
(d) Cuba.

14. What does Jorge say frightens him about Celia?
(a) Her spending.
(b) Her attitude.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her cooking.

15. What time of year does Ordinary Seductions: Ocean Blue take place?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who soothes Felicia as her condition worsens?

2. What object does Celia worry about after a tidal wave?

3. What foods does Felicia insist will purify, in Ordinary Seductions: The Fire Between Them?

4. Who checks Celia into a mental asylum?

5. Where is Felicia marching at the start of Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?

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