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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Celia write letters to, from 1935-1940?
(a) Gustavo.
(b) Lourdes.
(c) Jorge.
(d) El Lider.
2. What type of work does Felicia do when she meets Hugo?
(a) She is a dancer.
(b) She is a writer.
(c) She is a teacher.
(d) She is a waitress.
3. What does Tia Alica leave Celia when she dies?
(a) A peacock brooch.
(b) A box of shells.
(c) Her house.
(d) A piano.
4. Why does Lourdes fire her new employee?
(a) The woman steals from her.
(b) The woman lied on her resume.
(c) The woman has eyes for Rufino.
(d) The woman takes extremely long breaks.
5. How does Celia describe the environment that her first child experiences in her womb?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Poison.
(c) Calm.
(d) Scared.
6. What do the nuns tell Lourdes over the phone about her father?
(a) The nuns say her father's spirit thanked them for his care.
(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 promised them money.
7. Who is the civil trial between in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?
(a) Beny More and Ibrahim Ferrer.
(b) Milagro and Luz.
(c) Ester Ugarte and Loli Regalado.
(d) Felicia and Ivanito.
8. What does Luz recall her father's hands holding?
(a) The smallest threads.
(b) Ladybugs.
(c) Ivanito.
(d) Shells.
9. Why is Hugo forced to marry Felicia?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) It is an arranged marriage.
(c) A santera tells him he will have bad luck if he refuses.
(d) He lost a bet.
10. What causes Felicia's health to deteriorate?
(a) The break up of her marriage.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Her inability to deal with the loss of her father.
(d) She has syphilis.
11. What does Lourdes foresee during her moment of crisis?
(a) The birth of her child.
(b) A mysterious white light.
(c) Her husband's betrayal.
(d) Someone's eventual death.
12. Who does Pilar visit in Miami?
(a) Blanquito.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Rufino.
(d) A psychic.
13. Who convinces Lourdes that her daughter, Pilar, does not hate her?
(a) Felicia.
(b) Rufino.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Celia.
14. What does Lourdes tell her visitors to do in Ordinary Seductions: A Grove of Lemons?
(a) She tells them to come inside for coffee.
(b) She tells them to look at garden.
(c) She tells them to leave.
(d) She tells them to take off their hats.
15. Who does Pilar talk to, at length, on a bus ride?
(a) The bus driver.
(b) A group of orphans.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A woman.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jorge say frightens him about Celia?
2. Who does Celia say killed her father?
3. Who does Ivanito most resemble?
4. In Chapter 2, what family member does Lourdes unsuccessfully call?
5. At what time of Celia's life does she go to live with Tia Alicia?
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