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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 does Eva intend to do with the jewels she has recovered in Agua Santa?
(a) Sell them to purchase a house.
(b) Save them.
(c) Give them to Elvira for all she has done.
(d) Give them to Mimi for an operation.

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

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

4. What does Huberto do in the city after he first joins the guerrillas?
(a) Bombs buildings.
(b) Attacks policemen.
(c) Kidnaps government works.
(d) Hands out fliers.

5. Why has Rolf returned to the capital?
(a) To see if it is safe for Eva to return.
(b) To get his paycheck.
(c) To gather Eva's belongings.
(d) To keep track of the unfolding events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Huberto want to steal from the factory?

2. What makes Eva see that Huberto is a terrorist?

3. Who detains Rolf in the capital at the end of the book?

4. What omen is Eva struck with in Chapter 11?

5. Why does Mimi arrange a meeting with Senor Aravena in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Riad and Eva handle Zulema after Kamal's departure?

2. How does Eva find Madrina and what does she try to do for her?

3. How does the political unrest affect Eva and Santa Agua?

4. What does Eva learn when she stops in at Agua Santa on her way to Santa Maria?

5. What type of relationship do Huberto and Eva have in Chapter 9?

6. How does the government respond to Rolf's film of the brutal murder of guerrilla prisoners?

7. What is the political state of the country in Chapter 7?

8. What changes has Rolf gone through by Chapter 7?

9. What role does Mimi play in Huberto's plan to break out the prisoners?

10. How does the novel resolve the many story lines and questions?

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