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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following do Constancia and Reina visit to pay homage to before making the journey back to Cuba?
(a) The trees.
(b) The birds.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The rivers.

3. How many chairs does Blanca collect and store in her bedroom?
(a) Nine hundred.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Nineteen.

4. When Reina realizes that she is pregnant, what animal does she compare the fetus to?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A leech.
(d) A small frog.

5. Why does Ignacio choose to lie to his daughters about their mother's death?
(a) He didn't want his daughters to hate him.
(b) He didn't want his daughters to turn him in to the police.
(c) Ignacio gives no reasons for his lies.
(d) He didn't want to terrify his daughters.

6. How many days does Dulce have to work to earn the money for airfare to Miami?
(a) Five days.
(b) Nine days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Three days.

7. What causes Silvestre's deafness?
(a) A high fever.
(b) A loud noise.
(c) A genetic trait.
(d) An amputated ear.

8. What does the man in the yacht who awakens Reina on the river throw to her?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A bouquet of roses.
(d) A sack of coins.

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

10. What does Ignacio remember doing with Blanca's body after he killed her?
(a) Dragging it.
(b) Drowning it.
(c) Burying it.
(d) Holding it.

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

12. Why does Reina love her new restoring job?
(a) Because she never wants to go back to prostitution.
(b) Because she loves the publicity she is receiving.
(c) Because she can work at any time of the day.
(d) Because she knows Constancia is jealous of her.

13. Where is the only place Blanca wants to make love to her husband after their honeymoon?
(a) In water.
(b) In the desert.
(c) In the treetops.
(d) In the bed.

14. What color does Ignacio think Blanca's hair shimmers like in the sun?
(a) Blue.
(b) Silver.
(c) Red.
(d) Gold.

15. What interesting person does Reina see only once at her mother's grave?
(a) A man who claimed to be Reina's father.
(b) A man who claimed to be Blanca's killer.
(c) A man who claimed to be Reina's brother.
(d) A man who claimed to be Blanca's lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Evaristo so late in making his delivery to Constancia?

2. What animal tramples Blanca's mother to death?

3. How many miles does Constancia swim to reach the Cuban coast?

4. How many animals does Blanca's father single-handedly kill after the stampede kills his wife?

5. Where around Blanca's body is the animal that Ignacio aimed at flying?

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