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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Constancia travel from Miami to Cuba?
(a) On a cruise ship.
(b) By swimming.
(c) By airplane.
(d) On Herberto's fishing boat.

2. Whose photograph does Constancia decide to print on all her cosmetics bottles?
(a) Her sister's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Her daughter's.

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

4. What does Dulce say she would rather do than have a baby?
(a) Be starved to death.
(b) Be eaten by sharks.
(c) Be poisoned.
(d) Be struck by lightning.

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

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

7. 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 Reina's brother.
(c) A man who claimed to be Blanca's killer.
(d) A man who claimed to be Blanca's lover.

8. In what class does Ignacio meet Blanca for the first time?
(a) Physical Education.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Biology.

9. What does Isabel name her newborn son?
(a) Taku.
(b) Raku.
(c) Maku.
(d) Saku.

10. How many months pregnant in Isabel when she arrives in Miami?
(a) Five months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Seven months.

11. How does Ignacio's mother feel about her son quitting university?
(a) She was shocked because she didn't know he had enrolled in classes in the first place.
(b) She was glad he put his foolishness behind him.
(c) She begged him to return to his studies.
(d) She never found out, as Ignacio never told her.

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

13. How many miles does Constancia swim to reach the Cuban coast?
(a) Twelve miles.
(b) Three miles.
(c) Eight miles.
(d) Fifteen miles.

14. With what does Constancia hit Reina over the head with, knocking her overboard?
(a) A rock.
(b) A book.
(c) An oar.
(d) A shovel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reina love her new restoring job?

2. Which weather ailment does Blanca claim is always plaguing her in the home?

3. Which animal is Blanca's favorite animal to study in Cuba?

4. As a child, how does Reina feel about her father, Ignacio?

5. Why doesn't Reina believe that their mother shot herself?

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