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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. Who does the consul have sex with on his way up the mountain?
(a) No one -- this is a trick question.
(b) A whore.
(c) An old girlfriend.
(d) Yvonne.

2. Why do Yvonne and Hugh make fun of the waitress at the hotel?
(a) Because she keeps spilling everything.
(b) Because she has poor English.
(c) Because she is laughing at really bad jokes.
(d) Because she is a bad waitress.

3. What kind of atmosphere does the bus have?
(a) Hectic.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Very serious.

4. What does the consul think about Yvonne as he storms out of the hotel restaurant?
(a) That things are finally looking up with them.
(b) That he doesn't love her anymore.
(c) That she has cheated on him with Hugh.
(d) That she is lost from him forever.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What small charge do the police accuse the consul of?

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

3. Where do Hugh and Yvonne keep checking for the consul?

4. How does the consul leave the hotel restaurant?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the consul fail to understand why Yvonne and Hugh get so upset during dinner?

2. How does the consul ultimately die?

3. What does Yvonne imagine has burned down as she sees the storm approaching?

4. What does the consul's desire for the sun not to set foreshadow?

5. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?

6. How does Yvonne ultimately die?

7. How does the consul respond to the children who beg him for money after he leaves a cantina?

8. What causes Yvonne and the consul to feel happy and in love again during the bull fight?

9. Why is Yvonne really in such a hurry to leave Laruelle's home?

10. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?

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