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QuizMultiple Choice

Latin American Magic Realist Voices

Question 3 • CA-Expository Reading and Writing B

Which sentence from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban is an example of magic realism?

Answer
A
Abuela Celia and I write to each other sometimes, but mostly I hear her speaking to me at night just before I fall asleep.
A
At night, especially in the summer when the sound carries, I hear the low whistles of the ships as they leave New York harbor.
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Lourdes imagines these pieces, broken and bruised in unspeakable places, on piers and in alleyways, drifting down the river to the sea.
O
One girl left with a broken leg after slipping on a bar of soap Pilar dropped while the nanny was bathing her in the sink.
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