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

2. Where does Noemí find herself sleepwalking at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) Howard's room.
(c) The greenhouse.
(d) Virgil’s room.

3. According to Virgil in Chapter 15, why did he marry Catalina?
(a) To get closer to Noemí.
(b) To please his dying father.
(c) Because he was madly in love with her.
(d) To access her money.

4. What is Noemí forced to do upon seeing Howard in Chapter 19?
(a) Hold him.
(b) Pet him.
(c) Massage him.
(d) Kiss him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Virgil in Chapter 13, whom has Noemí really harmed?

2. What is the consciousness that contains ancestral memories, as revealed by Francis in Chapter 20?

3. What is the state of Noemí’s rash in Chapter 15?

4. What does Noemí agree to do before leaving High Place the next day?

5. What does Noemí receive from Catalina in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the marriage ceremony that occurs in Chapter 24.

2. What happens to Noemí while she is bathing in Chapter 17?

3. How does Howard appear in Chapter 19? What is Noemí forced to do?

4. Who appears to have written the diary entry Noemí reads in Chapter 16? What does it say, and how does Noemí react to it?

5. According to Virgil in Chapter 15, why did he marry Catalina? Why did Catalina marry him?

6. What happens to Noemí when she returns to her room after the wedding ceremony in Chapter 24?

7. What does Virgil demand Noemí do at the start of Chapter 22? How does he threaten her into obedience?

8. What strange inscription does Noemí notice in the cemetery at the start of Chapter 14? Why is this inscription strange?

9. What is the “gloom,” according to Francis in Chapter 20?

10. What does Noemí discover as she awakens from her dream in Chapter 17?

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