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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, This Pinchisimo Paris and Chapter 16, What the Water Gave Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Kahlo when she became ill after leaving New York in Chapter 11?
(a) Her left foot seemed paralyzed.
(b) Her right hand seemed paralyzed.
(c) Her right foot seemed paralyzed.
(d) Her left hand seemed paralyzed.

2. What did Kahlo delight in doing to the New York press?
(a) Talking to them.
(b) Creating paintings depicting them.
(c) Avoding them.
(d) Making fun of them and watching them squirm.

3. How many boys were in Kahlo's clique at the National Preparatory School?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

4. How old was Rivera when he began work at the National Preparatory School?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Thirty-six.
(c) Forty-six.
(d) Fifty-six.

5. What did people do when Rivera arrived back in New York in Chapter 11?
(a) They waited in long lines to meet him.
(b) They picketed his gallery opening.
(c) They threw tomatoes at him in the streets.
(d) They purchased tickets to watch him paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many Mexicans and Kahlo's friends see her accident as?

2. How soon did Kahlo's first relapse come after her accident?

3. Why type of movement did not catch on in Mexico despite the high hopes of Europeans?

4. Rivera was famous for his paintings and infamous for his what?

5. What was the name of Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 that depicted her feelings of paralysis and despair?

(see the answer key)

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