Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Dreaming in Cuban? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Why does Pilar go to the botánica in Brooklyn?
Boredom
Curiosity about anything Cuban
She is a practicing santera
She had money to burn
Q. Why does Celia stop writing letters to Gustavo?
She runs out of ink
She's tired of getting no responses
She knows Pilar will carry her memories
She made the decision on a whim for no reason in particular.
Q. Lourdes draws closer to her Papi because
Celia rejects her
She looks like him
She wants to annoy her sister, Felicia
She's very needy
Q. Rufino's family doesn't thrive in America because
They hate Americans
They can't get citizenship
They refuse to adapt
Lourdes has placed a curse on them
Q. Why is choice of language so important in this work?
Because it connects characters to their ethnicity
Because the book started out as a poem
Because without language, there'd be no book
Choice of language actually isn't very important at all.