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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the blue smoke from a cigar a source of?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Passion.
(d) Love.

2. Which of the following terms is the best definition of a superstition?
(a) False notion.
(b) Scientific proof.
(c) Religious belief.
(d) Uncontrollable desire.

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

4. What is Juan Julian doing at the end of act 1?
(a) Reading from the book.
(b) Talking to Conchita's husband.
(c) Stroking Conchita's hair and kissing her shoulder and lips.
(d) Planning out the steps involved in the ritual.

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

6. 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.

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

8. Which of the following characters works late at the factory?
(a) Ofelia.
(b) Chechy.
(c) Marela.
(d) Conchita.

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

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

11. Which of the following characters is a mother?
(a) Marela.
(b) Teodoro.
(c) Ofelia.
(d) Conchita.

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

13. What is the band on a cigar the symbol of?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Passion.
(c) Love.
(d) Hatred.

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

15. What happened to Teodoro?
(a) He was sent away.
(b) He quit.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't Conchita and Palomo get divorced?

2. Where does Santiago carve the letter?

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.

4. What does Conchita know about her husband?

5. What does Ofelia want to do, though she agrees to continue to talk about the book some more?

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