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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 did Dona Adela use to kill Don Luis?

2. What has happened to Carceles?

3. What does Don Adela say that Don Jaime has done wrong?

4. Where does the policeman say they are going?

5. How does Don Jaime hurt the second man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize this section?

2. Summarize this section.

3. What dangers does Don Jaime find in Carceles' residence?

4. Why id Don Jaime so horrified about what has happened to Don Luis?

5. What does Dona Adela tell Don Jaime about her ex-lover?

6. What decision does Don Jaime make when he finds Carceles gone?

7. What danger is Don Jaime now in?

8. Why did Dona Adela kill Don Luis?

9. What happens at three in the morning in this section?

10. How does Don Jaime prepare for the arrival of his attackers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Don Jaime's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Don Jaime hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Don Jaime ideas about life?

3. How has Don Jaime's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1860s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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