Question 9 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban . My mother says that Abuela Celia’s had plenty of chances to leave Cuba but that she’s stubborn and got her head turned around by El Líder. Mom says “Communist” the way some people says “cancer,” low and fierce. Which element from this excerpt best characterizes Garcia’s story as one of magic realism?
Answer
A
linking the words “communist” and “cancer”
B
presenting the idea of leaving Cuba as an extraordinary event
C
connecting Celia with Latin American history
D
using El Líder as an additional narrator from Cuba