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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kahlo spend a great deal of time and attention to, even during her sickest times?
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her painting.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Her looks.

2. Who did Rivera marry in 1922 who was also his mistress?
(a) Lupe Marin.
(b) Matilde Lorpe.
(c) Maria Mendes.
(d) Lorraine Moria.

3. What is the name of the street that Kahlo's house, in Chapter 1, is located?
(a) Londress.
(b) Fillmore.
(c) Abbey.
(d) Orchard.

4. What year did Kahlo claim that she was born?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1907.

5. What was the name of Kahlo's painting in Chapter 5 that depicted her feelings of paralysis and despair?
(a) The Shattered Soul.
(b) Self Portrait.
(c) My Birth.
(d) The Broken Column.

6. What did many Mexicans and Kahlo's friends see her accident as?
(a) Hope.
(b) A curse.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) Destiny.

7. Why didn't Kahlo paint often during her first few months of marriage to Rivera?
(a) She and Rivera had been busy traveling.
(b) She was spending a great deal of her time learning how to be a wife to Rivera.
(c) She had no desire to paint.
(d) Rivera told her to take a break for a few months.

8. Despite Kahlo's attraction and fascination with Rivera, who was she dating that was the leader of her clique?
(a) Diego Alejandro Marin.
(b) Alexander Jorge Ammon.
(c) Alejandro Gomez Arias.
(d) Gomez Diego Arias.

9. Who did Kahlo meet in America who was a photographer?
(a) Luther Burbank.
(b) Leo Eloesser.
(c) Edward Weston.
(d) Eva Frederick.

10. How many girls were in Kahlo's clique at the National Preparatory School?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

11. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that symbolized her aching to return to her homeland?
(a) My Dress Hangs There.
(b) A Few Small Nips.
(c) My Tears.
(d) Where I Left My Heart.

12. What is the color of the house where the story of Frida Kahlo's life begins?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

13. What happened to Kahlo on September 17, 1925 that forever altered her life?
(a) She was in a horrible train accident.
(b) She was in a horrible bus accident.
(c) She was in a horrible bicycle accident.
(d) She was in a horrible plane accident.

14. Why were people starting to find fault with Rivera's work?
(a) Some that he used too much color.
(b) Some thought it obscene; others sacrilegious.
(c) Some thought he copied other's work.
(d) Some thought he relied too much on Kahlo.

15. What was the name of the painting that Kahlo created that was in reference to a man who murdered his lover?
(a) My Tears.
(b) My Dress Hangs There.
(c) A Few Small Nips.
(d) Where I Left My Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Kahlo's clique that she hung out with at the National Preparatory School?

2. After Kahlo and Rivera were married, how did Kahlo begin to dress?

3. What causes Kahlo's family into penury, whereas before they had lived a comfortable lifestyle?

4. How would Rivera's looks be described?

5. Who did Rivera start to hear complaints from regarding who he had taken commissions from?

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