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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Noemí’s date to the party in Chapter 1?
(a) Hernan Duarte.
(b) Hector Duarte.
(c) Hernando Duarte.
(d) Hugo Duarte.

2. According to Marta in Chapter 6, how did Florence’s husband die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He fell ill with a strange disease.
(d) He fell down a ravine.

3. Of what does Noemí accuse Francis in Chapter 9?
(a) Helping Virgil.
(b) Being a bore.
(c) Having a crush on her.
(d) Lying to her.

4. What modern comfort is missing from the Doyle family home, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) Heat.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Running water.
(d) Electricity.

5. Who greets Noemí at the train station in Chapter 2?
(a) Francis.
(b) Francisco.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Franklin.

6. What is Noemí forbidden to do while staying with the Doyles, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Watch television.
(c) Drink alcohol.
(d) Leave her room.

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

8. What does Noemí buy while in town in Chapter 12?
(a) A deck of Lotería cards.
(b) A deck of oracle cards.
(c) A deck of playing cards.
(d) A deck of tarot cards.

9. According to Marta in Chapter 6, why is it impossible to cure Catalina?
(a) Because Catalina does not want to be cured.
(b) Because Catalina is faking.
(c) Because the Doyles are poisoning her.
(d) Because the Doyle family is cursed.

10. How old is Virgil, according to Noemí in Chapter 4?
(a) 35.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

11. What is the name of the Doyle family home, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) High House.
(b) High Manor.
(c) High Estate.
(d) High Place.

12. Who is Catalina, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Noemí’s best friend.
(b) Noemí’s sister.
(c) Noemí’s cousin.
(d) Noemí’s aunt.

13. In Chapter 5, Catalina asks Noemí to procure a medicine from whom?
(a) Mary Duval.
(b) Magda Duval.
(c) Marta Duval.
(d) Margaret Duval.

14. According to Marta in Chapter 12, with whom did Ruth fall in love?
(a) A man named Bonifacio.
(b) A man named Benedicto.
(c) A man named Benito.
(d) A man named Bartolo.

15. What does Noemí’s father offer to do if she will travel to her cousin?
(a) Pay for her graduate studies in engineering.
(b) Pay for her graduate studies in economics.
(c) Pay for her graduate studies in literature.
(d) Pay for her graduate studies in anthropology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What opportunity has Noemí missed at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What does Howard ask Virgil to show Noemí in Chapter 7?

4. What color does Noemí see glimmering in Virgil’s eyes at the end of Chapter 11?

5. According to Florence in Chapter 7, what is dangerous?

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