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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 Adam tell Teresa about herself?
(a) She is the smartest person he knows.
(b) She is too old for him.
(c) She is too young for him.
(d) She is the most graceful, protean person he knows.

2. What does Teresa try to imagine when translating Adam's poems?
(a) Every possible Spanish correlative to Adam's English.
(b) Birds.
(c) Sun.
(d) Sand.

3. Why is Adam furious with Isabel in Part III?
(a) She steals from him.
(b) She insults his music.
(c) She does not seem jealous when he tries to make her jealous.
(d) She leaves him on the train.

4. What train station is bombed in Part IV?
(a) Helm.
(b) Atocha.
(c) Helrava.
(d) Partina.

5. What kind of pet does Teresa have?
(a) Dog.
(b) Turtle.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose traumatic story does Adam claim for his own when talking to Isabel in Part III?

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

3. What movie do Teresa and Adam see together in Part III?

4. What does Adam strive for in his work?

5. What does Teresa have stacks of in her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isabel tell Adam that takes him by surprise in Grenada?

2. What happens on March 11?

3. Who wins the elections in Spain in Part IV?

4. What major attraction does Adam not see in Grenada?

5. Where is Adam when the March 11 events happen?

6. What is Teresa's apartment like?

7. What story does Adam present as his own to Isabel that was really Cyrus's?

8. Where do Adam and Isabel stay together the night before a significant historical event in Spain?

9. Where does Adam travel for the first time by rail in Spain?

10. What lie does Adam tell Isabel about his father?

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