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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) Hernando Duarte.
(b) Hector Duarte.
(c) Hugo Duarte.
(d) Hernan Duarte.

2. According to Marta in Chapter 6, who murdered several members of the Doyle family?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Rose.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Ruth.

3. Where does Noemí meet Francis in Chapter 10?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The library.
(c) The greenhouse.
(d) The cemetery.

4. According to Francis in Chapter 9, which people of Mexico used mushrooms to induce visions?
(a) The Aztecs.
(b) The Mayas.
(c) The Olmecs.
(d) The Incas.

5. What is the name of the family doctor treating Catalina, as revealed in Chapter 3?
(a) Dr. Cleary.
(b) Dr. Cummins.
(c) Dr. Clarence.
(d) Dr. Cather.

6. According to Noemí in Chapter 9, what did men like about her?
(a) Her wit.
(b) Her luster.
(c) Her prestige.
(d) Her glory.

7. According to Marta in Chapter 12, how did Howard demand High Place be built?
(a) In the aristocratic style.
(b) In the English style.
(c) In the modern style.
(d) In the Spanish style.

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

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

10. How does Florence describe Noemí in Chapter 7?
(a) Filthy.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Intriguing.
(d) Rude.

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

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

13. How does Noemí describe Francis in Chapter 10?
(a) As bashful and odd.
(b) As perfect and strange.
(c) As disappointing and weird.
(d) As kooky and bizarre.

14. How old is Francis, as he explains in Chapter 4?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Noemí in Chapter 3, what sorts of novels does Catalina love?

2. What chore does Florence give Noemí at the end of Chapter 10?

3. In Chapter 5, Catalina asks Noemí to procure a medicine from whom?

4. According to Francis at the end of Chapter 12, what should Ruth have done?

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

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