3. What plan does Virgil announce during dinner in Chapter 19?
(a) To reopen the silver mine.
(b) To leave High Place.
(c) To take a second wife.
(d) To divorce Catalina.

4. Where does Noemí awaken in Chapter 20?
(a) The library.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The greenhouse.
(d) Her room.

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

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

7. What does Francis give Noemí for protection in Chapter 23?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) Gardening shears.
(d) A straight razor.

8. What is the man in Noemí’s dream in Chapter 14 wearing?
(a) A pair of dark glasses.
(b) A black glove.
(c) An amber ring.
(d) A ruby amulet.

9. According to Noemí in Chapter 23, what is Francis not?
(a) A hothouse rose.
(b) A hothouse geranium.
(c) A hothouse chrysanthemum.
(d) A hothouse orchid.

10. Who was Virgil’s first wife, as revealed in Chapter 15?
(a) Dr. Cummins’ aunt.
(b) Dr. Cummins’ mother.
(c) Dr. Cummins’ daughter.
(d) Dr. Cummins’ sister.

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

12. According to Dr. Cummins in Chapter 22, how did his daughter die?
(a) In childbirth.
(b) Gunshot.
(c) Of cancer.
(d) Drowning.

13. What phrase does Noemí explain the origins of in Chapter 16?
(a) Stark raving mad.
(b) Mad as a hatter.
(c) Bats in the belfry.
(d) Losing one’s marbles.

14. How does Francis describe Howard in Chapter 16?
(a) As the devil.
(b) As a villain.
(c) As misunderstood.
(d) As a monster.

15. According to Virgil in Chapter 15, how did Catalina first see him?
(a) As handsome and mysterious.
(b) As gallant and tender.
(c) As tragic and romantic.
(d) As serene and calm.