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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 types of books does Sam Brown say that Clara Goodwater ordered?
(a) Ones of a sexual nature
(b) Ones on witchcraft
(c) Ones on WWI
(d) Ones on traveling

2. Where do the sounds of Mexico City take Colonel Freeleigh back to?
(a) His marriage
(b) Young adulthood
(c) Childhood
(d) His retirement

3. Which of the following words best describes Tom?
(a) Pessimistic
(b) Optimistic
(c) Naive
(d) Realist

4. Which of the characters below is seriously ill during this section of the novel?
(a) Jorge
(b) Grandfather
(c) Colonel Freeleigh
(d) Douglas

5. What does Tom represent according to Elmira as she takes him with her to the lodge?
(a) Eternity
(b) Peace
(c) Sanity
(d) Innocence

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Jonas do business?

2. Where does Douglas go to find wisdom?

3. Where do Lavinia and Francine find the Lonely One's last victim?

4. What does Elmira prepare for the election day at the lodge?

5. What will be inside the envelope Bill will receive from Helen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sam not surprised to return home from his job as the postman to find his wife, Elmira, hurt?

2. What is unique about Mr. Jonas' business with the junkyard wagon and horse?

3. How does Great-grandma tell Douglas that she will always be with him, even for a thousand years?

4. What happens when Elmira starts to make her speech after she drinks the special brew she made to thwart any spells Clara might cast?

5. How do Clara and Elmira reconcile their differences and eventually become friendly?

6. How does Lavina feel on her lonely walk home after finding the dead body and going to the movies with her friend?

7. Why does Douglas want to rescue Mme. Tarot from Mr. Black?

8. How did Douglas finish his tablet entry and when did he make the decision to finish the entry in this manner?

9. How does Lavinia come to be the one responsible for the death of the Lonely One?

10. How does Tom keep an eye on Mr. Black so that Douglas and Tom can rescue Mme. Tarot?

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