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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. How does Eva come to meet Rolf?
(a) At a dinner party.
(b) At the factory.
(c) At the market.
(d) At a dance.

2. What do Rolf and Eva do upon being reunited at the end of the story?
(a) They leave the country.
(b) They fight.
(c) They kiss.
(d) They run away together.

3. What type of work does Mimi encourage Eva to go into?
(a) Business.
(b) Acting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Writing.

4. Who turns out to be the ghost that Elvira thinks is haunting the house?
(a) Colonel Rodriquez.
(b) Kamal.
(c) El Negro.
(d) Huberto.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman shown on the news that is found floating down the river in a casket?

2. How does the revolts and unrest seem to affect the town where Eva lives?

3. What seems to transform Huberto in Chapter 7?

4. Why is the government upset with Rolf?

5. What does Eva do as a result of all the interest from Colonel Rodriquez?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the growing political unrest affect Huberto in Chapter 7?

7. What role do women in this story play in Eva's life?

8. What purpose does the Universal Matter serve in Chapter 11?

9. What route does Rolf take to reach Huberto in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer keys)

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