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

2. 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.
(a) Insinuations.
(b) Sharp wire.
(c) Comments.
(d) Cutting remark.

3. What are Marela and Conchita waiting for?
(a) New lector.
(b) Their mother.
(c) More drinks.
(d) The new cocks.

4. Why doesn't Santiago want to face Chechy?
(a) He knows that Chechy slept with his wife.
(b) He doesn't have the money to repay the loan.
(c) He knows the story bothers him.
(d) He doesn't like Chechy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chechy feel about his role in the factory?

2. Why does Juan Julian reconsider the choice of book?

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

4. Which of the following descriptors best fits Chechy?

5. Which of the following describes the types of tasks workers in the factory perform?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Clara Bow known for?

2. What plans in regards to the ritual does Conchita share with Juan Julian and what does he offer?

3. What is the only think Palomo wants?

4. What is Marela wearing when she enters the factory?

5. What does Palomo ask Conchita to show him?

6. What does Palomo demand to know from Conchita?

7. What would be an accurate description of Santiago and Chechy as they are first introduced?

8. What does Marela indicate is the responsibility of the living?

9. What part of the novel does Conchita dig into?

10. What is bothering Ofelia and what does she say about it?

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