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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has joined the townspeople in cleaning up the town?
(a) The chief engineer of the railway
(b) Mr. Gould
(c) Antonia
(d) Nostromo

2. What is Nostromo's new nickname?
(a) Nostril
(b) Lucky Parrot
(c) Captain Loot
(d) Captain Fidanza

3. Who is Linda's father?
(a) Don Pepe
(b) Mr. Gould
(c) Don Jose
(d) Giorgio

4. What does Nostromo say is his one goal in life?
(a) To see his homeland again
(b) To die a hero
(c) To sail a boat
(d) To have a reputation

5. What does Nostromo assume has happened to Decoud?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He married.
(c) He died of starvation.
(d) He made it back to Paris.

6. What does Nostromo discover about Decoud?
(a) He has been captured.
(b) He is hiding in the mountains.
(c) He has disappeared from the islet.
(d) He is back in Paris.

7. Why does Nostromo approach the town cautiously?
(a) He hears gun shots.
(b) He knows that Montero will want to speak to him.
(c) He is unarmed.
(d) He wants to surprise everyone.

8. Where is the first place that Nostromo enters?
(a) The silver mine
(b) Giorgio's hotel
(c) Gould's house
(d) The Custom House

9. Who does Decoud beg not to surrender?
(a) Montero's army
(b) The town leaders
(c) Ribiera
(d) Mr. Gould

10. To whom is Nostromo secretly attracted?
(a) Antonia
(b) Mrs. Gould
(c) Giselle
(d) Linda

11. Why does the chief engineer help the townspeople?
(a) Out of kindness
(b) To impress the women
(c) To win the respect of Montero
(d) To show his politcal neutrality

12. What does Pedro say is the only way to become a world power?
(a) Befriend America
(b) Nuclear weapons
(c) Imperial democracy
(d) Dictatorship

13. What does Gould see in town?
(a) Wounded people
(b) A parade
(c) A statue of Montero
(d) A coronation

14. Which of the following characters is not being held prisoner by Sotillo?
(a) Dr. Monygham
(b) Don Jose
(c) The chief engineer
(d) Giorgio

15. Why is it good for Nostromo that Decoud is dead?
(a) He have Decoud's belongings.
(b) He can inherit Giogio's hotel.
(c) He can marry Antonia.
(d) No one else knows where the silver is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montero wish to establish in the city?

2. Where were the three men taken prisoner?

3. What do Pedro's soldiers gives speeches about what topic?

4. Why is Nostromo resentful towards the doctor?

5. With whom does Sulaco establish international ties?

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