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

2. Which character in the story does Santiago identify with?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Vronsky.
(c) Levin.
(d) Anna.

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

4. Which character clashes with Juan Julian in scene 2?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Chechy.
(c) Teodoro
(d) Ofelia.

5. What keeps Santiago taking chances and losing at gambling?
(a) One time he won big.
(b) Pressure from his half-brother.
(c) Need to prove himself.
(d) Desire for a better life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Juan Julian compare Tampa to?

3. Which of the following describes how Ofelia feels about her brother-in-law's presumptions?

4. What does Conchita want to have for herself?

5. What does Santiago run out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the book does Palomo begin to read at the end of the play?

2. What does Juan Julian say he would like to learn?

3. Why does Juan Julian say he became a lector?

4. What happens as Chechy meets the new lector, Juan Julian?

5. What and why does Santiago carve something into the sole of his half-brother's shoe?

6. What happens when Marela stays behind alone with Juan Julian?

7. What doe Conchita and Palomo discuss as they work late?

8. What does Chechy accuse Marela of after Santiago leaves?

9. What announcement does Santiago make?

10. How does Conchita describe the experience of making love with Juan Julian?

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