View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose traumatic story does Adam claim for his own when talking to Isabel in Part III?
(a) Rick's.
(b) Henry's.
(c) Ellen's.
(d) Cyrus's.

2. What new lie does Adam persist with in Part III about his mother?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is royalty.
(c) She is a mercenary.
(d) She is a translator.

3. Why does the person who does not vote tell Adam he does not vote?
(a) He thinks it costs too much.
(b) No one in his family ever voted.
(c) He does not believe in it.
(d) It is a corrupt process.

4. Who tells Adam he does not vote?
(a) Arturo.
(b) John.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Oscar.

5. What does Adam tell Teresa he is worried about concering her?
(a) She is too foreign for him.
(b) She is too smart for him.
(c) She is too inflexible for him.
(d) She is too cool for him.

6. What does Adam strive for in his work?
(a) To be able to teach college.
(b) To be able to travel to Russia.
(c) To write great poems.
(d) To make money.

7. What is Jane doing in the start of Part III?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Landscaping.
(c) Possibly writing a novel.
(d) Cooking for work.

8. What does Adam begin to feel more acutely about lying in Part III?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Euphoria.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Terror.

9. What does Adam tell Isabel makes him think of his time in Mexico?
(a) Being near mountains.
(b) Her.
(c) His mother.
(d) Being near a river.

10. What does Cyrus ask Adam at the end of their chat?
(a) Are you still sick?
(b) How is your girlfriend?
(c) How is the writing?
(d) How is Spain?

11. Who is one author Adam reads much of in Spain?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Byron.

12. What does Adam think the Spanish countryside looks like?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Kansas.

13. What does Adam think of Teresa's apartment?
(a) It is ideal.
(b) It is shabby.
(c) It is too small.
(d) It is large and elegant.

14. Who contacts Adam from the foundation in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks?
(a) Renderson.
(b) Henry Smith.
(c) Maria Jose.
(d) Gaobel.

15. What does Adam think of Teresa's face?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It is ordinary.
(c) It can seem both very young and very old.
(d) It is disfigured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Adam and Isabel go together by train?

2. What train station is bombed in Part IV?

3. What does Adam tell Teresa in order to try to make her jealous?

4. Who is the gentlest and most generous man Adam knows?

5. What does Jane say that Cyrus thinks is an embarrassing cliche?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 439 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample