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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first reason Virgil is displeased with Noemí in Chapter 15?
(a) For speaking with Catalina.
(b) For going into town.
(c) For refusing to kiss him.
(d) For being disrespectful to Florence.

2. What word does Francis use in Chapter 23 to describe the transfer of Howard’s soul into Virgil’s body?
(a) Transformation.
(b) Transconversion.
(c) Transmigration.
(d) Translocation.

3. How does Catalina describe the page she gives to Noemí in Chapter 16?
(a) As a sign.
(b) As relief.
(c) As help.
(d) As proof.

4. According to Virgil in Chapter 22, what does the Doyle family attempt to do to their bloodline?
(a) Keep it clean.
(b) Keep it innocent.
(c) Keep it elegant.
(d) Keep it virtuous.

5. What does Noemí agree to do before leaving High Place the next day?
(a) Meeting with Francis one last time.
(b) Speak with Howard one last time.
(c) Dine with the Doyles one last time.
(d) Visit El Triunfo one last time.

6. What is the consciousness that contains ancestral memories, as revealed by Francis in Chapter 20?
(a) The shade.
(b) The gloom.
(c) The despond.
(d) The melancholy.

7. Why does Noemí refuse to eat breakfast in Chapter 21?
(a) She feels sick to her stomach.
(b) She fears the food has been poisoned.
(c) She hears a voice warning her not to eat.
(d) She watches someone tamper with it.

8. When Noemí sees Howard in Chapter 19, what is bloated and covered with boils?
(a) His arm.
(b) His leg.
(c) His neck.
(d) His scalp.

9. How does Francis describe his father in Chapter 16?
(a) As too helpless.
(b) As too fearless.
(c) As too curious.
(d) As too cold.

10. What words are uttered by the man in Noemí’s dream in Chapter 14?
(a) Death, overcome.
(b) Life, overcome.
(c) Faith, overcome.
(d) Birth, overcome.

11. What doubt does Florence express at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) That Howard would let Noemí live.
(b) That Howard would let Francis go free.
(c) That Howard would let Francis have Noemí.
(d) That Howard would let Noemí leave.

12. According to Virgil in Chapter 22, why had the Doyles lost their family fortune?
(a) Because of the epidemic.
(b) Because of Howard's illness.
(c) Because of the mushroom.
(d) Because of the Revolution.

13. According to Francis in Chapter 14, High Place was not made for what?
(a) Love.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Peace.
(d) Health.

14. To what does the woman give birth in Chapter 14?
(a) An egg-shaped lump.
(b) A block-shaped lump.
(c) A mushroom-shaped lump.
(d) A snake-shaped lump.

15. What myth does Noemí read in Chapter 18?
(a) The myth of Cassandra.
(b) The myth of Persephone.
(c) The myth of Pandora.
(d) The myth of Medusa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Doyles appear to regard dinner in Chapter 19?

2. Where does Noemí awaken in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 22, Noemí is forced to write a letter to whom?

4. What does Francis give Noemí for protection in Chapter 23?

5. According to Noemí in Chapter 23, what is Francis not?

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