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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gen wish he could do with Carmen?
(a) Leave the house with her.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Teach her Spanish.
(d) Have kids with her.

2. When Roxane is asked to say something nice about the accompanist, what does she feel?
(a) Happy, he was a good man.
(b) Awkward because she did not really know him.
(c) Sad, she is hurt she is loosing her lover.
(d) Sa, because he was a close friend.

3. When the hostages look out of the window, what do they find?
(a) A huge cloud of heavy fog.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A large rain cloud.
(d) Clear beauitful weather.

4. What does the meeting in this location prove to be for Carmen and Gen?
(a) The start of a friendship.
(b) The beginnings of a romance.
(c) The end of a relationship.
(d) Extremely difficult.

5. After the accompanist dies, what do the generals contemplate?
(a) That they will look bad in front of hostages.
(b) They want to throw it out of a building window.
(c) Making an example out of the dead accompanist.
(d) They think about shooting the dead body to show the government they are serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. If they really examined their situation, what would they all be feeling?

2. What does Carmen ask Gen to help her with?

3. Right away, as the novel begins, what is clear to the reader concerning Roxane?

4. Where are the hostages really being taken?

5. Why does Roxane scream for this person to stop?

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