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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disturbs Noemí about her bedroom in Chapter 4?
(a) The moldy smell.
(b) The moldy wallpaper.
(c) The moldy windowpanes.
(d) The moldy sheets.

2. What does Noemí break in anger at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) A pane of glass.
(b) A statue.
(c) A bottle.
(d) A clay pot.

3. How did Noemí’s father earn his wealth, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) He owns a shipping business.
(b) He owns a chemical dye business.
(c) He owns a weaving business.
(d) He owns a ceramics business.

4. To what does Noemí compare Francis in Chapter 9?
(a) To a thief in the night.
(b) To a monster.
(c) To a secret admirer.
(d) To a body snatcher.

5. In Chapter 5, Noemí dreams of a woman who makes what sound?
(a) A growling.
(b) A moaning.
(c) A howling.
(d) A buzzing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is throwing a party as the novel begins?

2. According to Virgil in Chapter 8, who loved the greenhouse?

3. What modern comfort is missing from the Doyle family home, as revealed in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of the Doyle family patriarch, as revealed in Chapter 2?

5. Of what does Noemí accuse Francis in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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