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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. Why does Eliza choose Wednesday to meet Joaquin?
(a) Rose is hosting a dance.
(b) Rose will be at a friend's house.
(c) Everyone is at church.
(d) Eliza is supposed to be at a friend's house that night.

2. Who says, "You have the eyes of a bitch in heat"?
(a) John.
(b) Tao Chi'en.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Mama Fresia.

3. What illness is going around Chile when Rose and Jeremy arrive there?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Cholera.

4. How old is Eliza in "Suitors"?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

5. When Joaquin's mother asks him where he's been, how does he respond?
(a) He says he was out drinking with a friend.
(b) He says he had to work late.
(c) He says he was discovering love.
(d) He says he was protesting a factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paulina's last name before she gets married?

2. How does Eliza let Joaquin know where and when to meet her?

3. When Rose is younger, what occupation does she want to have?

4. Where does Jacob live before coming to Chile?

5. What is Jeremy's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joaquin respond when he is offered gifts or payments?

2. Why do Rose and John keep Eliza's parentage a secret from Jeremy?

3. How does Jacob react when John tells him that Eliza has run off in search of her lover?

4. How does Eliza come to understand what Joaquin meant when he talked about freedom?

5. In what manner does Rose raise Eliza?

6. How does Rose begin to behave after she realizes her daughter has run away?

7. How does fate intervene for Eliza at the end of "The News"?

8. Why does Paulina want John to be the captain of her steamship?

9. Do Eliza and Joaquin logically make a good pair?

10. Why does Eliza go by the name Elias Andieta?

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