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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the workers discussing as their workday ends?
(a) The cock fight that night.
(b) The novel.
(c) Chechy's behavior.
(d) The new lector.

2. Which of the following descriptors best fits Chechy?
(a) Grumpy.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Happy.

3. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term barb as used in the following sentence? The two characters used a third party to deliver barbs to each other.
(a) Comments.
(b) Insinuations.
(c) Cutting remark.
(d) Sharp wire.

4. What does Palomo long for?
(a) Life beyond the factory.
(b) An affair.
(c) Material success.
(d) A husband for Marela.

5. What does Conchita know about her husband?
(a) He has a mistress.
(b) He should have been the lectur.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) He cannot open up easily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the the shy boy help Conchita carry out?

2. Where are Santiago and Chechy during act 1, scene 1?

3. What does Juan Julian tell Conchita Tolstoy understands better than any other writers?

4. Which character is newly arrived?

5. How do the women feel around Juan Julian?

(see the answer key)

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