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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 rule is Noemí expected to obey during dinner in Chapter 3?
(a) There is no dessert after dinner.
(b) There is no laughing during dinner.
(c) There is no speaking during dinner.
(d) There is no prayer before dinner.

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

3. According to Marta in Chapter 6, how did Florence’s husband die?
(a) He fell ill with a strange disease.
(b) He fell down a ravine.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He drowned.

4. According to Virgil in Chapter 8, what is the Doyle family symbol?
(a) The ankh.
(b) The eagle.
(c) The ouroboros.
(d) The Scarab.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Catalina’s new husband, as revealed in Chapter 1?

2. According to Virgil in Chapter 8, who loved the greenhouse?

3. In what city does Noemí and her family live, as revealed in Chapter 1?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What warnings does Florence give to Noemí at the end of Chapter 10?

2. What bargain does Noemí strike with her father in Chapter 1?

3. What favor does Catalina ask of Noemí in Chapter 5? What does Catalina warn Noemí?

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

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

6. What does Noemí discover upon awakening from her nightmare in Chapter 11?

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

8. Who was Aurelio? What does Noemí learn about him in Chapter 12?

9. What does Marta reveal about the construction of High Place in Chapter 12?

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

(see the answer keys)

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