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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Laruelle first meet the consul?
(a) Just the other day.
(b) During childhood.
(c) Exactly one year ago today.
(d) Several years ago.

2. What is unique about the book the bartender returns to Laruelle in Chapter 1?
(a) It had also been lent to the consul.
(b) None of these items is correct.
(c) It is very, very old.
(d) It is written in Greek.

3. What does Laruelle find in the book the bartender returns to him?
(a) Letters from the consul that he never sent.
(b) A copy of the consul's will.
(c) A letter from Yvonne.
(d) A $100 bill.

4. What does someone make fun of the consul for during his walk with Yvonne back to their house once she has returned?
(a) For his limp.
(b) For his out-of-date shoes.
(c) For his ugliness.
(d) For his bad Spanish.

5. What is the second theory Yvonne thinks about regarding the meaning of the word "Quauhnahuac"?
(a) That it means where the eagle stops.
(b) That just uttering the word can give you magical powers.
(c) That it means volcano of joy.
(d) That it means land of green snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of military service did the consul once serve in?

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

3. Where are Monsieur Laruelle and the local doctor talking when the novel beings?

4. What is the first theory Yvonne thinks about regarding the meaning of the word "Quauhnahuac"?

5. What interrupts Yvonne and the consul's first conversation upon her return to Quauhnahuac?

(see the answer key)

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