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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bolero as referenced in Chapter 11?
(a) The newest movie Mimi is to star in.
(b) Eva's story about the prison breakout.
(c) The name of a popular magazine in the capital city.
(d) The name of Huberto's guerrilla army.

2. What does Eva do as a result of all the interest from Colonel Rodriquez?
(a) Warns Huberto.
(b) Buys a gun.
(c) Flees the city for a while.
(d) Quits her job at the factory.

3. What does the factory make where Eva works?
(a) Police and army uniforms.
(b) Canned foods.
(c) Cars.
(d) Toys.

4. In Chapter 7, what is the feeling of the citizens toward the general who is in power?
(a) No one seems to care either way.
(b) He is loved by all.
(c) He is hated by the right wing.
(d) He is disliked by many.

5. What does Huberto want to steal from the factory?
(a) Money.
(b) Uniforms.
(c) Floor plans.
(d) Weapons.

6. What does the Chief find when he comes into the store in Chapter 8?
(a) Eva in the shop alone.
(b) Eva telling stories to Zulema.
(c) Zulema dead on the ground.
(d) Eva washing Zulema's face.

7. How does Huberto react when Eva tells him of her friendship with Colonel Rodriquez?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is enraged.
(c) He does not react.
(d) He is jealous.

8. What is Mimi's opinion of Huberto?
(a) He is ugly but nice.
(b) He is handsome.
(c) He is trouble and Eva should avoid him.
(d) He is dangerous but Eva should marry him.

9. What makes Eva see that Huberto is a terrorist?
(a) The bombing of the capital building.
(b) Mimi tells her.
(c) Wanted signs posted around the city.
(d) The killing of two policemen she knows.

10. Why do Rolf's aunt and uncle fetch the best wine they can?
(a) To give a good-bye gesture to Eva.
(b) To toast Rolf's success as a film-maker.
(c) To celebrate Rolf and Eva's love.
(d) To celebrate the fall of the government.

11. How does the relationship of Rolf and Eva end up at the end of the story?
(a) Eva does not share that information.
(b) They go their separate ways as friends.
(c) They part as enemies.
(d) They get married.

12. What is the name of the woman Eva meets in the church in Chapter 8?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Juana.
(c) Dina.
(d) Mimi.

13. Why doesn't Eva want to be left alone with Zulema while Riad goes to the capital?
(a) She is worried about the revolutionaries.
(b) She feels the house is haunted by Kamal's ghost.
(c) She does not think she can handle Zulema alone.
(d) She thinks a storm is coming.

14. Who invites Eva to live with them in the capital city?
(a) Huberto.
(b) Melesio.
(c) Patrona.
(d) Elvira.

15. Who detains Rolf in the capital at the end of the book?
(a) Elvira.
(b) Senor Aravena.
(c) Huberto.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocking question does Eva ask the Colonel while out at dinner?

2. Why does Rolf come to Santa Maria?

3. How has Mimi's life changed in Chapter 9?

4. Why doesn't Eva tell Huberto about her past relationship with Riad?

5. Why is it difficult for Eva to understand why Mimi wants to be a woman?

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