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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) Her sister.
(b) She decides to keep it for herself.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her daughter.

2. How does Reina help Constancia with the factory she hopes to open?
(a) She completes the building's wiring.
(b) She sews curtains for the windows.
(c) She lays brick with the men for nearly three weeks.
(d) She digs the drainage ditches.

3. Which of the following best describes Gonzalo's body when Silvestre arrives at the hospital?
(a) Muscular.
(b) Swollen.
(c) Unrecognizable.
(d) Shriveled.

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

5. How does Ignacio respond when Reina asks him if he is her true father?
(a) He agreed that he was probably not her father.
(b) He confessed that he had no idea who Reina's father was.
(c) He ignored the question.
(d) He told her that he was her father.

6. What animal does Ignacio claim to have taken aim at when he shoots his wife?
(a) A dragonfly.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A mosquito.

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

8. What animal tramples Blanca's mother to death?
(a) Cows.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Wildebeast.
(d) Horses.

9. Where does Dulce attempt to live after she becomes homeless?
(a) With a traveling carnival.
(b) In a circus tent.
(c) In a movie theater.
(d) In a bowling alley.

10. What does Reina claim their mother kept hidden in a pouch around her neck?
(a) A bone.
(b) A gold coin.
(c) A lock of hair.
(d) A key.

11. Where does Ignacio take Blanca for their honeymoon?
(a) The Isle of Pines.
(b) The Isle of Dolphins.
(c) The Isle of Coral.
(d) The Isle of Roses.

12. In what city of Florida does Reina live with her sister, Constancia?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Ft. Myers.
(c) Miami.
(d) Tallahassee.

13. What does Constancia think happens to Herberto during the Cuban revolution?
(a) She thinks he chickend out of battle.
(b) She thinks he was captured.
(c) She thinks he was killed.
(d) She thinks he was victorious.

14. Where is the final chapter of the novel set?
(a) In a swamp.
(b) In a classroom.
(c) At the seaside.
(d) In a barn.

15. Which of Ignacio's family members is diagnosed with cancer while Ignacio is in college?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dulce say she would rather do than have a baby?

2. How many of Gonazalo's wives show up to his funeral?

3. How many months pregnant in Isabel when she arrives in Miami?

4. What does Constancia do with Herberto's body?

5. How does Silvestre kill his father?

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