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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 Santiago run out of?
(a) Smokes.
(b) Patience.
(c) Cash.
(d) Alcohol.

2. What does Marela eventually do?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Refuses to talk.
(c) Cries.
(d) Yells.

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

4. What was the first novel Juan Julian had planned on reading?
(a) Withering Heights.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) The Taming of the Shrew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is scene 2 set?

2. Who steps in to break up the clash?

3. Why does Chechy resent lectors?

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

5. What is the band on a cigar the symbol of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ofelia and her daughters discuss after Chechy leaves?

2. What does Marela propose about Juan Julian?

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

4. What differences does Juan Julian describe to the workers and how does he explain them?

5. What does Santiago say about Ofelia's slippers?

6. What has Chechy purchased and how does Ofelia react to the purchase?

7. What do Chechy and Palomo question Juan Julian about?

8. What information did the women have about the new lector?

9. How is information from the book heard while Juan Julian and Conchita make love?

10. What information does Ofelia explain to Juan Julian about Chechy?

(see the answer keys)

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