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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 two women are memorialized in Howard’s bedroom, as Noemí sees in Chapter 7?

2. To what fictional character does Noemí compare Catalina in Chapter 5?

3. According to Francis at the end of Chapter 12, what was it impossible to do?

4. How does Florence describe Noemí in Chapter 7?

5. According to Marta in Chapter 6, how did Florence’s husband die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What odd dream does Noemí have at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What happens when Dr. Camarillo visits Catalina in Chapter 8?

3. What is High Place? What does Noemí think about High Place upon first seeing it in Chapter 2?

4. What does Noemí discover in the library in Chapter 4?

5. What bad dream does Noemí experience in Chapter 11?

6. Who was Aurelio? What does Noemí learn about him in Chapter 12?

7. Who were Agnes and Alice, and what does Noemí learn about them in Chapter 7?

8. Who is Catalina and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter 1?

9. Who is Dr. Camarillo and what does he tell Noemí in Chapter 6?

10. Who was Benito? What does Noemí learn about him in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbol of the ouroboros in Mexican Gothic. How does it represent the Doyle family, and how does it represent the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a third-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a third-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Appearances in Mexican Gothic can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

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