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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. Where are Santiago and Chechy during act 1, scene 1?
(a) Card game.
(b) Lecture.
(c) Cigar factory.
(d) Cockfight.

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

3. Why don't Anna and her husband get divorced?
(a) Her husband won't allow it.
(b) They are Roman Catholic.
(c) Her lover does not wish it.
(d) They continue to need each other.

4. Which of the following describes how Juan reads from the book?
(a) Passion and fervor.
(b) Surprise and regret.
(c) Anxiety and suppression.
(d) Reservation and hesitation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Santiago carve a letter?

3. Who steps in to break up the clash?

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

5. Who performs the burial for Conchita?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Palomo complain about and why is it bothering him?

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

4. Whose side of the issue does Santiago take and how does he solve it?

5. What are Chechy and Ofelia arguing about?

6. What does Marela propose about Juan Julian?

7. What ritual does Conchita explain to Juan Julian?

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

9. How is Juan Julian killed?

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

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