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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Lourdes and Rufino decide to live?
(a) Miami.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

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

3. What type of people does Celia say she relates to?
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Negative people.
(c) Dead people.
(d) Religious people.

4. How does Felicia try to kill Hugo?
(a) With a gun.
(b) With a knife.
(c) With poison.
(d) With fire.

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

6. Who votes Celia's house the primary lookout?
(a) Her husband.
(b) El Lider.
(c) Her children.
(d) The neighborhood committee.

7. Where is Ivanito living in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?
(a) With Felicia.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) With Celia.
(d) In an orphanage.

8. What was Celia's son born with that is a sign of good luck?
(a) Freckles.
(b) Curly hair.
(c) A caul.
(d) Long finger nails.

9. What does Pilar talk about on the bus?
(a) Her career goals.
(b) Her travel plans.
(c) Her favorite recipes.
(d) Her family life.

10. How does Rufino explain the voices Lourdes hears?
(a) He says she is making it up to get attention.
(b) He says he made the voices, to play a practical joke.
(c) He says she is tired.
(d) He says she is eating too much sugar.

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

12. What does Celia's mother do when she is young?
(a) Teaches her how to sew.
(b) Makes her cook dinner for the family.
(c) Forces her to perform in the circus.
(d) Abandons her on a train.

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

14. What does Celia do when she leaves the asylum?
(a) She buys a ticket to Spain.
(b) She sacrifices a goat.
(c) She vacations with her family.
(d) She looks for a job.

15. Who is Pilar able to communicate telepathically with?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her elderly neighbor.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Celia see emerge from the light and come toward her?

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

3. Who wakens Pilar by the pool?

4. When did Pilar leave her Abuela Celia?

5. Who comes to the ranch while Lourdes is pregnant with her second child?

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