Latin American Magic Realist Voices

Question 1

Choose the statement that best describes your experience of reading the excerpts from the novel.

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A: The excerpts from the novel were very difficult to understand.

Question 2

Identify the element of magic realism found within the passage.

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D: the meeting between Lourdes and her dead father

Question 3

Based on the entire excerpt, identify the statement that best describes the Cuban exiles in Dreaming in Cuban.

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D: They respond differently to their situation.

Question 4

Identify the element of magic realism.

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C: Pilar hears Celia speaking to her from Cuba.

Question 5

You may have used some of the comprehension strategies below while reading the excerpts from Dreaming in Cuban. Select any of the comprehension strategies you used.

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A: breaking up long sentences into shorter phrases; B: slowing down and rereading the passage, or reading it aloud; C: relating the confusing segment to what came before; D: looking up unfamiliar words; E: looking for something familiar that I can relate to personal knowledge

Question 6

How does the text structure reflect the way Cubans – both those who left and those who stayed – respond to history, politics, and cultural influences?

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B: Multiple narrators show how history is interpreted by different generations.

Question 7

What image is created by combining this element of magic realism with the narrative structure?

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A: the image of family members who are separated by distance yet united by love

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