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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member has a marble statue in the cemetery, as Noemí discovers in Chapter 4?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Alice.
(c) Anne.
(d) Abigail.

2. What is the subject of the magazines Noemí discovers in Chapter 4?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Mining.
(c) Eugenics.
(d) Culinary arts.

3. In what city does Noemí and her family live, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Puebla City.
(b) Ecatepec.
(c) Guadalajara.
(d) Mexico City.

4. What upsets Catalina in Chapter 8?
(a) The silence.
(b) The noise.
(c) The food.
(d) The smell.

5. Most of the graves in the cemetery date from what year, as revealed in Chapter 4?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1988.

6. Thinking of Francis in Chapter 10 leads Noemí to think of what?
(a) An anatomical kidney.
(b) An anatomical brain.
(c) An anatomical lung.
(d) An anatomical heart.

7. In what town does Catalina now live, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Bacalar.
(b) Izamal.
(c) El Triunfo.
(d) Cuetzalan.

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

9. Who delivers Noemí’s breakfast at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Catalina.
(b) Francis.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Florence.

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

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

12. What is the last name of the protagonist, Noemí, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Tadeo.
(b) Tabares.
(c) Tabora..
(d) Taboada.

13. According to Noemí’s father in Chapter 1, what is the primary concern of Catalina’s husband?
(a) Her genetics.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her happiness.
(d) Her wealth.

14. According to Noemí in Chapter 3, what sorts of novels does Catalina love?
(a) Science fiction novels.
(b) Horror novels.
(c) Philosophical novels.
(d) Gothic novels.

15. According to Noemí in Chapter 9, what kind of romance does Catalina love?
(a) The torturous kind.
(b) The easy kind.
(c) The simple kind.
(d) The ideal kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Francis, as he explains in Chapter 4?

2. Who is Catalina, as revealed in Chapter 1?

3. According to Francis at the end of Chapter 12, what was it impossible to do?

4. What part of Noemí has become inflamed, as she discovers in Chapter 12?

5. What is the name of the Doyle family home, as revealed in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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