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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yvonne tell the consul her hopes for them for the future are?
(a) To relocate to Hawaii.
(b) To get remarried and try for children in Mexico.
(c) To move away to Canada.
(d) To sail off somewhere in a ship -- she doesn't care where.

2. What does Hugh observe Yvonne and the consul doing on the bus?
(a) Poisoning each other's drinks.
(b) Selling drugs.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Kissing.

3. What do the police demand from the consul when they confront him?
(a) More money for his time with the whore.
(b) More money for his drinks.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Both of these answers are correct.

4. What reason does the consul give about why they should not leave Laruelle's home so soon after they arrived (as Yvonne proposes)?
(a) Because the food is just too delicious to leave uneaten.
(b) Because he hasn't had time to present them with gifts.
(c) Because he says it would be rude.
(d) Because he hasn't said his hellos.

5. What does Yvonne think would prove healing for the consul?
(a) Privacy and quiet.
(b) Quiet.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Privacy.

6. What does Yvonne not want to see at the bull fight?
(a) Fried food.
(b) Poor children.
(c) Blood.
(d) Her old boyfriend.

7. What makes the bull fight so unentertaining?
(a) The bull refuses to fight.
(b) It is over in fewer than 30 seconds.
(c) There is no music.
(d) The bull has clearly been drugged.

8. What does Hugh do when he gets to the hotel with Yvonne and the consul?
(a) Takes a nap.
(b) Takes a shower.
(c) Goes swimming.
(d) Orders room service.

9. What do the police kick on top of the consul's dead body?
(a) His wallet.
(b) Some dirt to cover their crime.
(c) An empty tequila bottle.
(d) A dead dog.

10. What prompts Yvonne to start thinking of her own childhood?
(a) A picture she finds in her wallet.
(b) The heat.
(c) A familiar melody she hears on the wind.
(d) A small little girl she sees.

11. Who does Yvonne think is to blame for the upset at dinner at the hotel?
(a) Not the consul.
(b) Not Hugh.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The waitress.

12. How does the consul leave the hotel restaurant?
(a) He sneaks out the bathroom window in order to avoid paying his bill.
(b) He leaves in handcuffs when the police come to get him.
(c) He makes a scene and storms out.
(d) He passes out and has to be carried out.

13. What insult does Laruelle unintentionally inflict upon Hugh?
(a) He thinks he is much older than he really is.
(b) He thinks he is much younger than he really is.
(c) He thinks he is a woman.
(d) He calls him by the wrong name.

14. What does the consul continue to do as he heads up the mountain?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Eat.
(d) Drink.

15. What do the police demand of the consul?
(a) To see his papers.
(b) At least $1000.
(c) That he show up for court the next day.
(d) That he leave their town immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many drinks does the consul have during dinner at the hotel?

2. As she and Hugh are chasing the consul, what does she point out always upsets the consul?

3. Where do Hugh, Yvonne, and the consul plan to travel by bus?

4. What does the consul read as he continues to head up the mountain after he storms out of his hotel?

5. What kind of music do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul listen to during dinner?

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