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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his conversation with Noemí in Chapter 10, what does Francis say sounds exciting?
(a) Being a Taboada.
(b) Studying anthropology.
(c) Life in Mexico City.
(d) Having some freedom.

2. Where does Noemí agree to meet Virgil in Chapter 21?
(a) The library.
(b) The greenhouse.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) His room.

3. What Latin phrase is uttered by the snake in Chapter 20?
(a) Acta non verba.
(b) Audentes fortuna iuvat.
(c) Et Verbum caro factum est.
(d) In absentia lucis, Tenebrae vincunt.

4. What grows among the graves in Chapter 4?
(a) Forget-me-nots.
(b) Giant oaks.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Weeds.

5. What lesson does Noemí remind herself to remember at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Not to trust anyone.
(b) To find Ruth.
(c) To open her eyes.
(d) To pray for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Catalina in Chapter 2, what illness had befallen her?

2. What is the consciousness that contains ancestral memories, as revealed by Francis in Chapter 20?

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

4. Of what does Francis make prints, as he tells Noemí in Chapter 9?

5. Who visits Noemí in her room at the end of Chapter 24?

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