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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. Where does Reina spend most of her time while recovering from her injuries?
(a) In her sister's home.
(b) In her home.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In a physical rehabilitation center.

2. At what time of day do Ignacio and Blanca stop to rest in their search?
(a) Five.
(b) Noon.
(c) Three.
(d) Midnight.

3. As a child, who accompanies Reina to the funeral home after her mother's death?
(a) No one - Reina made the trip alone.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. Whose arrival are the people of Cuba celebrating on the day Ignacio is born?
(a) An actor.
(b) A philanthropist.
(c) A politician.
(d) A doctor.

5. What does Reina offer to La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre in prayer?
(a) A lock of her hair.
(b) A wrench.
(c) A hollyhock.
(d) A purse of coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Constancia recently win as a commission for high sales in her company?

2. Where does Herberto want to move when he retires?

3. Who does Gonzalo claim is responsible for the attack on Herberto?

4. After leaving Abelardo, what does Dulce find a job doing?

5. How does Herberto feel when he trains for the resistance in Cuba?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the time setting of the Prologue of the novel?

2. How does Reina feel about her relationship with Russ after returning from the journey with her sister?

3. Why does Constancia visit Oscar Pinago?

4. What is the incident that occurs in 1914 that Ignacio claims changed his father?

5. How does Blanca's mental health deteriorate while she is pregnant with Constancia?

6. Why does Reina visit La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre?

7. What attracts Ignacio to Blanca when they first meet in school?

8. How does the working relationship between Ignacio and Blanca change after she finds out she is pregnant?

9. How does Ignacio react after his wife dies in the swamp?

10. Why does the marriage between Dulce and Abelardo eventually fall apart?

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