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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 does Celia tell Gustavo hurts her about Lourdes?

2. In Imagining Winter: Enough Attitude, where does Lourdes suggest Pilar move to?

3. In Imagining Winter: God's Will, _____ initiates Felicia, and she is given the _____.

4. Why doesn't Celia have time to take care of Felicia?

5. Who does Celia find in East Havana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What academic activity does Celia say Javier has been involved with?

2. Why does Felicia pour lye on Graciela Moriera's scalp?

3. Why does Celia believe Lourdes is punishing her?

4. How does Celia respond to the religious attendees trying to soothe Felicia as she nears death?

5. Why does Jorge say he left Cuba?

6. How does Lourdes lose so much weight in Imagining Winter: A Matrix Light?

7. What does Pilar believe will help her understand Celia's sadness?

8. While Pilar is out shopping, what does she realize is the only time in life she felt determined?

9. Why does Jorge force Javier to learn accounting when he is five-years old?

10. What does Jorge admit about his plan to break Celia by leaving her with his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Celia choose a life of questioning and wondering? How does this way of life help her? How does it hurt her?

Essay Topic 2

What are the causes of Felicia's madness? How do her problems shape her marriages, friendships, and relationship with her mother and children? How does Felicia deal with her mental deterioration?

Essay Topic 3

How is Felicia's attraction to darkness like her mother's? How is her attraction to darkness unlike her mother's? Why might they follow different spiritual paths, even though they are both drawn to darkness?

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