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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. What is the name of the swamp Ignacio and Blanca are working in?
(a) Zapatos Swamp.
(b) Wallaby Swamp.
(c) Xerxes Swamp.
(d) Verano Swamp.

2. In what city does Constancia Aguerro live?
(a) In New York City.
(b) In Boston.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) In Seattle.

3. Which of the following is NOT an injury that Reina sustained in her accident?
(a) Chunks of hair missing from her head.
(b) Pores that leaked blood for days.
(c) Imprints of her tools on her skin.
(d) Holes burned into her ears from her earrings.

4. How long after moving in with Abelardo does Ducle run away?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two days.

5. After Herberto goes missing, what does Constancia begin selling door-to-door?
(a) Cosmetics.
(b) Candy bars.
(c) Tupperware.
(d) Magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reina bring with her to the funeral home to place in her mother's coffin?

2. Where does Dulce meet the foreigner, Bengt?

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

4. As an adult, where does Reina deposit her father's shotgun?

5. Where does Constancia find Herberto's body after he goes missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Evaristo Leal, and why does he show up on Constancia's doorstep?

2. What does Dulce claim is the only thing the Cuban government cannot ration?

3. How do Reina and Russ Hicks meet?

4. What happens when Herberto decides to go fishing in Biscayne Bay?

5. How does Ignacio react to the news that his wife, Blanca, has gone missing?

6. What does the santero advise Constancia to do before heading back to Cuba in search of the truth?

7. How does Reina skirt the Cuban government's system for processing travel visas?

8. How does Constancia treat Herberto's dead body?

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

10. What role does the hummingbird play in Blanca's death in the Zapatos Swamp?

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