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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hugh learn about the food on a ship?
(a) That it is often infested with maggots.
(b) That it is often infested with rats.
(c) That it is just awful.
(d) That is it much better than he expected.

2. Where does Hugh go after he returns home from his sea voyage?
(a) Mexico.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

3. What does the widow lady predict for the consul and Yvonne?
(a) That they will become very rich.
(b) That they will have twins very soon.
(c) That they will die that night.
(d) That they will be happy together in the future.

4. How does the consul remember his childhood?
(a) With terror.
(b) With nostalgia.
(c) With rage.
(d) With neither happiness nor sadness.

5. Where was Yvonne born?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor advise Laruelle to do when they depart in Chapter 1?

2. In his internal dialogue, to what does the consul compare staying at Laruelle's home?

3. Where does the novel begin?

4. What does Yvonne think would prove healing for the consul?

5. What are the women doing that the consul draws Yvonne's attention to when she first sees him again?

(see the answer key)

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