Dreaming in Cuban Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Cristina Garcia
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Dreaming in Cuban Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Cristina Garcia
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Celia keep that her lover gave her?

3. Who is the civil trial between in Imagining Winter: The Meaning of Shells?

4. What does Celia do on the 11th of every month for 25 years?

5. What challenge impacts Celia's night with the twins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What agreement for marriage do Jorge and Celia make?

2. What happens to Celia after her parents divorce?

3. What is significant about Celia's son being born with a caul?

4. Why does Lourdes fire her new employee at the bakery?

5. Why does Celia practice the smiles of her youth?

6. How does Felicia attempt to kill herself and her son, Ivanito?

7. For what reason is Felicia is persuaded to participate in the Revolution?

8. How does Celia know her husband has died?

9. According to rumors, why have yanquis ringed the island with nuclear poison?

10. Why must a goat be sacrificed to help Felicia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the characters in Dreaming in Cuban thrive in the face of conflict? Choose one character and describe how he or she uses conflict to improve his or her life.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Celia write a letter to Gustavo each month? What experiences or memories is she trying to preserve? How is the voice she uses in her letters different from the voice she uses in everyday life?

Essay Topic 3

What does Celia reveal about Gustavo, through her monthly letters? What characteristics can the reader assume he has? How does Celia's idealized love for Gustavo impact her marriage? How does it influence her devotion to El Lider?

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