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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Santiago reveal he has been doing in secret?
(a) Listening to the novel.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Paying Chechy back.
(d) Working a second job.

3. Later, how much does Santiago have to raise the amount of money to that he owes?
(a) $700.
(b) $1000.
(c) $300.
(d) $500.

4. What do Conchita and her husband discuss?
(a) The new lector.
(b) Chechy's reaction to Juan.
(c) Santiago's gambling problem.
(d) Marela's new love interest.

5. What was Juan Julian's family hiding from when he discovered books?
(a) Police.
(b) Immigration.
(c) His father.
(d) Creditors.

6. What realization do Ofelia and Chechy come to about themselves?
(a) They need to talk more.
(b) They need to get away from the factory.
(c) They still love each other.
(d) There is no hope for them.

7. How do the women feel around Juan Julian?
(a) Polite.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Confident.
(d) Excited.

8. Which two characters are not speaking to each other?
(a) Santiago and Ofelia.
(b) Palomo and Conchita.
(c) Marela and Ofelia.
(d) Juan and Santiago.

9. What does Chechy tell Ofelia about?
(a) His undying love for her.
(b) Her husband's gambling debt.
(c) His hatred of the lector.
(d) Her sister's indiscretion.

10. Why does Chechy resent lectors?
(a) He thinks he should be the boss.
(b) He was denied becoming lector.
(c) He lost money gambling to them.
(d) His wife ran away with one.

11. Which of the following describes how Ofelia feels about her brother-in-law's presumptions?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Excited.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Angry.

12. What does Juan Julian suggest Conchita do with her cutting?
(a) Give it to her husband.
(b) Bury it under a tree.
(c) Tie it in a special ribbon.
(d) Press it in a book.

13. Where are Santiago and Chechy during act 1, scene 1?
(a) Cockfight.
(b) Cigar factory.
(c) Card game.
(d) Lecture.

14. What letter does Santiago carve?
(a) I.
(b) S.
(c) T.
(d) O.

15. Which of the following terms best describes how act 1 scene 5 opens?
(a) Opening dialoge.
(b) Soliloquy.
(c) Dramatic interlude.
(d) Climatic intervention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was the old lector?

2. What keeps Santiago taking chances and losing at gambling?

3. What do Ofelia and her daughter's snipe about?

4. What are the workers interested in hearing?

5. Which character in the story does Santiago identify with?

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