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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. Who interrupts Noemí as she is bathing in Chapter 17?
(a) Florence.
(b) Francis.
(c) Howard.
(d) Virgil.

2. According to Francis in Chapter 14, what is the source of Catalina’s misery?
(a) Missing her cousin.
(b) High Place.
(c) El Triunfo.
(d) A bad marriage.

3. Who is Noemí meant to marry, as revealed at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Howard.
(b) Dr. Cummins.
(c) Francis.
(d) Virgil.

4. What causes the mold to stop moving in Chapter 18?
(a) Noemí drinks some tincture.
(b) Noemí burns herself with a cigarette.
(c) Noemí falls asleep.
(d) Noemí thinks of her father.

5. According to Virgil in Chapter 13, what is of the utmost importance?
(a) His own health.
(b) Howard's health.
(c) Catalina’s health.
(d) Noemí's health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man in Noemí’s dream in Chapter 14 wearing?

2. To what does the woman give birth in Chapter 14?

3. How do the Doyles appear to regard dinner in Chapter 19?

4. According to Dr. Cummins in Chapter 22, how did his daughter die?

5. What is the second reason Virgil is displeased with Noemí in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is odd about the marriage, as explained at the start of Chapter 24?

3. What information does Noemí learn about Dr. Cummins in Chapter 21?

4. What myth does Noemí read in Chapter 18? How do the story’s events mirror what is happening at High Place?

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

6. Why is Virgil angry with Noemí in Chapter 15?

7. Why does Catalina ask Noemí to do as Chapter 16 begins? What does Noemí discover?

8. What information does Francis give to Noemí in Chapter 23?

9. What does Virgil reveal about the Doyle bloodline in Chapter 22?

10. What does Virgil announce during dinner in Chapter 19? How does Noemí react to this news?

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