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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 does Constancia recently win as a commission for high sales in her company?
(a) A pink Cadillac.
(b) A diamond pendant.
(c) New hardwood floors for her home.
(d) A trip to Walt Disney World.

2. How long has Reina been in a relationship with Pepin Beltrán?
(a) Twenty-four years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Two and half years.
(d) Eight months.

3. What does Reina bring with her to the funeral home to place in her mother's coffin?
(a) A handful of golden leaves.
(b) A snakeskin.
(c) A pressed flower.
(d) A photograph of Reina as a child.

4. What does Ignacio have a passion for even from an early age?
(a) Sports.
(b) Art.
(c) Music.
(d) Nature.

5. How are Ignacio and Blanca traveling through the swamp?
(a) On horseback.
(b) On foot.
(c) On bicycles.
(d) On a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Constancia visit Gonzalo when she asks about Herberto's whereabouts?

2. During the Bay of Pigs fight, where is Gonzalo shot?

3. What instrument does Ignacio's father, Renaldo, play?

4. Which of the following characters works as a prostitute to make a living?

5. How many wives has Gonzalo Cruz had?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Constancia realize that her father, Ignacio, is lying to her about her mother's death?

2. What happens when Ignacio and Blanca stop searching the swamp and decide to take a rest?

3. How does Blanca's mother die?

4. What is Gonzalo's theory about Herberto's attackers, and how does Constancia feel about Gonzalo's theory?

5. How do Reina and Russ Hicks meet?

6. How does Ignacio's father die?

7. What happens to the small pouch Blanca carries around her neck, after she dies?

8. Why does Pepin bring a rooster into Reina's hospital room?

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

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

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