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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sort of activity does Noemí plan to have with Catalina at the start of Chapter 13?

3. According to Noemí at the start of Chapter 17, what has she feared the men she dated would do to her?

4. What does Noemí drink at the end of Chapter 24?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Noemí attempts to escape High Place at the start of Chapter 21?

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

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

4. How does Virgil react to Catalina’s situation at the end of Chapter 13? What promise does Noemí make?

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

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

7. What happens to Catalina at the start of Chapter 13?

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

9. What strange dream does Noemí have in Chapter 14?

10. What is Noemí’s theory regarding the origins of ghosts, as she muses in Chapter 17? How does Francis react to her theory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining womanhood from the perspective of Noemí. What does it mean to be a woman, according to Noemí? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of racial and cultural exploitation.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a third-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a third-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the first person?

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