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

2. How does Noemí describe Howard in Chapter 11?
(a) As a living pustule.
(b) As a living boil.
(c) As a living corpse.
(d) As a living horror.

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

4. According to Noemí in Chapter 3, what sorts of novels does Catalina love?
(a) Science fiction novels.
(b) Philosophical novels.
(c) Gothic novels.
(d) Horror novels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the protagonist, Noemí, as revealed in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What is the name of the town doctor who speaks with Noemí in Chapter 6?

5. Who greets Noemí at the train station in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Noemí think about Francis, as revealed in Chapter 10?

2. Who is Dr. Cummins and what does he tell Noemí in Chapter 5?

3. Who is Catalina and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter 1?

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

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

6. What does Francis study, as he explains in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

10. Who was Benito? What does Noemí learn about him in Chapter 12?

(see the answer keys)

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