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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. Why is Nostromo attracted to Giselle?
(a) She has a nice smile.
(b) She is trusting.
(c) She has money.
(d) She is beautiful.

2. What other character does Sotillo turn to for information?
(a) Don Jose
(b) Hirsch
(c) Nostromo
(d) Don Pepe

3. What does Giorgio now own on the islets?
(a) A lighthouse
(b) A bar
(c) A ship
(d) A hostel

4. Where do Sotillo's soldiers take Mitchell?
(a) Jail
(b) Below deck
(c) Mr. Gould's house
(d) Custom House

5. Why did Decoud take the silver?
(a) He wants to buy some weapons.
(b) He needs to pay for the trip back to Paris.
(c) He wants to start a new business.
(d) He is alone on the Islet for weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it good for Nostromo that Decoud is dead?

2. Where is the first place that Nostromo enters?

3. Which character in this chapter is not well and is likely to die?

4. How does Antonia preserve Decoud's memory?

5. What does Gould vow to destroy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nostromo start getting the silver into his possession?

2. What are Antonia and Gould's real concerns?

3. What does Mrs. Viola tell Nostromo on her deathbed?

4. In what does Gould still hold power over Pedro in Part 3, Chapter 7?

5. How is the silver corrupting the characters?

6. How is the silver changing Nostromo's life?

7. How does Nostromo's role as a servant help him to take the silver?

8. How does the news of Nostromo and Decoud's supposed deaths prove their peers' real opinion of them?

9. How does Pedro try to convince Gould to hand over his mine?

10. How is Hirsch killed?

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