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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Noemí in Chapter 6, what do women need in order to stay out of trouble?
(a) To be liked.
(b) To be gentle.
(c) To be witty.
(d) To be smart.

2. According to Howard in Chapter 7, how has Noemí been able to escape marriage?
(a) By stealing.
(b) By pleading.
(c) By lying.
(d) By praying.

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

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

5. According to Marta in Chapter 12, who led a strike against the Doyles?
(a) A man named Adelmo.
(b) A man named Aurelio.
(c) A man named Alejandro.
(d) A man named Alberto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marta give Noemí in Chapter 12?

3. Of what does Francis make prints, as he tells Noemí in Chapter 9?

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

5. According to Noemí in Chapter 9, which indigenous people of Mexico also used mushrooms for ceremonial purposes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Doyle family symbol, as Virgil explains in Chapter 8? What does it represent?

2. Who were Agnes and Alice, and what does Noemí learn about them in Chapter 7?

3. What bad dream does Noemí experience in Chapter 11?

4. What does the reader learn about El Triunfo in Chapter 2?

5. According to Florence in Chapter 2, what rules must Noemí follow while at High Place?

6. Who is Marta and what information does she tell Noemí in Chapter 6?

7. What happens when Dr. Camarillo visits Catalina in Chapter 8?

8. What happens when Noemí visits the greenhouse with Virgil in Chapter 8?

9. What does Noemí discover in the library in Chapter 4?

10. What does Noemí learn from Francis in Chapter 4?

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