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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are often the sites where semi-pagan rituals are carried out?
(a) Cities.
(b) Houses.
(c) Trees.
(d) Parks.

3. What does Marela think reading the book might accomplish?
(a) Alienate the new lector.
(b) Bring the men and women closer.
(c) Help Chechy move on.
(d) Provide closure for Ofelia.

4. What does Juan Julian say he would like to learn?
(a) What a true winter is like.
(b) How to make a cigar.
(c) What it is like to be married.
(d) What New Englanders are like.

5. How do the factory workers respond to Juan's reading?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Anger.
(c) Applause.
(d) Quiet awe.

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

7. What does Conchita want to have for herself?
(a) A divorce.
(b) A lover.
(c) A child.
(d) A new husband.

8. Which of the following describes the types of tasks workers in the factory perform?
(a) Repetitive.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Informal.
(d) Distracting.

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

10. How long has Teodoro been gone before the play begins?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 3 weeks.

11. Who witnesses what goes on between Conchita and Juan Julian?
(a) Palomo.
(b) Chechy.
(c) Marela.
(d) Ofelia.

12. What does Marela use to make sure the lector arrives?
(a) Calls the ship captain.
(b) Sends letters.
(c) Uses a spell.
(d) Prays to God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Juan Julian's family hiding from when he discovered books?

2. What does Levin's efforts to dissuade Anna's brother from selling off his ancestral land make Santiago realize?

3. Which of the following characters is taking care of the betting?

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

5. What are Marela and Conchita waiting for?

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