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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Constancia decide to gift the small bone she finds in the copper box?
(a) She decides to keep it for herself.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her sister.

2. Who narrates the final chapter of the novel?
(a) Constancia.
(b) Blanca.
(c) Ignacio.
(d) Reina.

3. How much notice does Silvestre give his mother before arriving at her doorstep?
(a) He gives her one month's warning.
(b) He gives his mother no warning.
(c) He gives her one day's warning.
(d) He gives her one week's warning.

4. What is the name of Constancia's new business?
(a) Cuerpa de Cuba.
(b) Cueropo Cosmetico.
(c) Cuban Cerpata Cosmetics.
(d) Cuban Cosmetics.

5. What does Ignacio say he felt when he pulled the trigger of the gun, shooting his wife?
(a) He felt icy cold.
(b) He felt nothing.
(c) He felt relief.
(d) He felt terror.

6. Who has written a letter to Dulce begging her to move to Miami?
(a) Reina.
(b) Constancia.
(c) Ignacio.
(d) Isabel.

7. How does Reina pass her evening hours while living with Constancia?
(a) She takes photographs of birds in their natural habitat.
(b) She takes a boat out onto the water.
(c) She begins digging ditches searching for gold.
(d) She drives her motorcycle through the city's dirt roads.

8. Which part of Ignacio's family member's body is riddled with cancer?
(a) The liver.
(b) The brain.
(c) The bones.
(d) The throat.

9. What type of car does Constancia secure in Cuba?
(a) An orange Chevy.
(b) A black Packard.
(c) A yellow Oldsmobile.
(d) A red Ford.

10. How long does Ignacio plan for his wife's death?
(a) He says he had been planning it for days.
(b) He says he had been planning it for months.
(c) He says he had been planning it for weeks.
(d) He says he did not plan it.

11. What does Evaristo Leal deliver to Constancia a few days after Gonzalo's funeral?
(a) A letter.
(b) An envelope of money.
(c) A box of photographs.
(d) A bouquet of flowers.

12. According to the news report Reina overhears, how many exiles are attacking Veradero Beach?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) One thousand.
(d) One hundred.

13. Where around Blanca's body is the animal that Ignacio aimed at flying?
(a) Near her stomach.
(b) Near her heart.
(c) Near her legs.
(d) Near her head.

14. Before visiting him in the hospital, how many times has Silvestre seen his father?
(a) Never.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

15. How many animals does Blanca's father single-handedly kill after the stampede kills his wife?
(a) 600.
(b) 60.
(c) 6.
(d) 6000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Constancia finds in the small copper box in her father's shed?

2. How does Reina react to Constancia's realization that their mother did not drown in the Zapatos swamp?

3. How does Reina help Constancia with the factory she hopes to open?

4. How far does Ignacio claim it was to the nearest town, to which he carried his wife's dead body?

5. What is the name of Reina's new boyfriend, the self-made millionaire?

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