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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 is the color of the house where the story of Frida Kahlo's life begins?

2. What was Rivera known to be by most people, in Chapter 3?

3. Right after they returned to Mexico in Chapter 9, where were Rivera and Kahlo invited to have an exhibition?

4. How many girls were in attendance at the National Preparatory School when Kahlo attended?

5. What increased as a result of Kahlo and Rivera's courtship becoming more and more intense?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Guillermo treat Frida compared to his other daughters?

2. After leaving Detroit and returning to New York, what did Rivera begin to do?

3. What was so impressive about Frida being permitted to attend the National Preparatory School?

4. How was Kahlo changed after she contracted polio when she was six-years-old?

5. How did Frida introduce herself to Rivera?

6. Why did the environment begin to grow hostile for Rivera in Chapter 11?

7. What did Frida's painting, A Few Small Nips, symbolize?

8. Who was a member of Frida's close group of friends, the Cachuchas, and what did they do together?

9. What were Rivera and Frida invited to New York for in Chapter 9?

10. What was Arias elected to in 1929?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Frida was involved in a horrific bus accident that altered her life forever. She was never the same after this accident and it profoundly affected the rest of her life. Analyze the bus accident that Frida was involved in and examine its affect on Frida's life. Who was with Frida on the bus and how was that person injured? What injuries did Frida sustain from the bus accident? How optimistic were the doctors on Frida's survival? How was Frida's painting affected after the bus accident?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo, she struggled tremendously with her health, suffering through her pain. However, she always managed to endure and persevere with her amazing paintings that inspire others. Examine the theme of determination throughout the biography of Frida Kahlo. What is the definition of determination? How did Frida show her determination in Chapter 23 when she was honored at an art exhibit in Mexico? How did Frida show her determination even as a small child? Besides her determination about beating her physical pain, where else in Frida's life did she show determination?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 6, Diego Rivera re-entered Frida's life. Analyze the character of Diego Rivera, and study his and Frida's relationship in the beginning stages. How did Frida meet Rivera a second time? What was it about each other that Rivera and Frida were attracted to? How old was Rivera compared to Frida? How did Rivera and Frida's personalities complement each other?

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