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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 the atmosphere change near the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) Enemy begins to fire.
(b) Julio gets shot.
(c) Julio and Marcelo begin to argue.
(d) A woman walks by.

2. Why does Marcelo go to Julio's studio in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) To be close to Julio's things.
(b) To pay the rent.
(c) To pack Julio's things.
(d) Because Luisa kicks him out of their house.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 6, why do the Germans cut holes into the fence?
(a) For amusement.
(b) To spy through.
(c) To make room for their rifles.
(d) To further destroy Marcelo's castle.

4. Where are the cannons installed in Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) On top of Marcelo's castle.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In Marcelo's bedroom.
(d) On wagons.

5. What are Marcelo, Luisa, Chichi, and Rene searching for at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 5?
(a) Julio.
(b) Julio's paintings.
(c) Julio's grave.
(d) Julio's illegitimate child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Desnoyers learn at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 4?

2. Who arrives and requests to speak to Marcelo in Part 2, Chapter 5?

3. Why does Julio travel in Part 2, Chapter 4?

4. What does Luisa explicitly wish near the end of Part 3, Chapter 5?

5. What appendage does Rene lose in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Commandant Blumhardt's actions in Part 2, Chapter 5?

2. How do the Germans repay Marcelo and the Keeper's hospitality in Part 2, Chapter 5?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, where is Marcelo taken, and why? What does he see?

4. What is the significance of Pau, and how does this city make Julio feel?

5. Describe the reunion between Marcelo and Julio in Part 3, Chapter 3.

6. Describe Marcelo and Senator Lacour's journey to see Julio after visiting Rene.

7. Who does Marcelo become friends with in Part 3, Chapter 2, and what alters their friendship?

8. Why does Julio return to Paris in Part 3, Chapter 4, and what happens during his stay?

9. What happens to Marcelo's castle at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?

10. How does Luisa and Elena's relationship change in Part 3, Chapter 1, and why?

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