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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ship docks in Sulaco at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Montero's
(b) Decoud's
(c) Nostromo's
(d) Sotillo's

2. Who has joined the townspeople in cleaning up the town?
(a) The chief engineer of the railway
(b) Mr. Gould
(c) Nostromo
(d) Antonia

3. What does Hirsch think has happened to Nostromo and Decoud?
(a) They were captured.
(b) They were successful.
(c) They have drowned.
(d) They have run away.

4. Who receives a letter from Pedro Montero?
(a) Don Pepe
(b) Don Jose
(c) Mr. Gould
(d) Nostromo

5. What kind of ship does Nostromo hear in this chapter?
(a) A submarine
(b) An ocean liner
(c) A steam ship
(d) A pirate ship

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antonia preserve Decoud's memory?

2. What does Sotillo want to find out from the doctor?

3. What does Gould vow to destroy?

4. Who do the doctor and the engineer wonder is trustworthy?

5. Which character in this chapter is not well and is likely to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nostromo's role as a servant help him to take the silver?

2. Describe the collision between the two boats in Part 2, Chapter 8.

3. Why do you think that Sotillo's takeover of Sulaco is so quick and brutal?

4. What is Don Pepe's plan to protect the silver mine?

5. What has happened to Decoud?

6. What does Mrs. Viola tell Nostromo on her deathbed?

7. How does Pedro try to convince Gould to hand over his mine?

8. What do the town leaders show is their true worry in Part 3, Chapter 2?

9. How is the silver corrupting the characters?

10. What are Antonia and Gould's real concerns?

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