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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 do the doctor and the engineer wonder is trustworthy?
(a) Nostromo
(b) Antonia
(c) Mr. Gould
(d) Decoud

2. What does Sotillo want to find out from the doctor?
(a) Back exercises
(b) Government secrets
(c) Where the silver is
(d) Where Decoud is

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

4. Why is Nostromo resentful towards the doctor?
(a) He talks down to Nostromo.
(b) He cares nothing for Hirsch.
(c) He does not ask Nostromo how he is.
(d) He is not concerned about the silver.

5. What does Nostromo know to do if it is needed?
(a) Fire the cannon
(b) Sink the boat
(c) Kill himself painlessly
(d) Swim

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gould meet to discuss a strategy for protecting the mine?

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

3. Who does Decoud beg not to surrender?

4. What other character does Sotillo turn to for information?

5. What is Nostromo's new nickname?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what can Don Pepe be seen as one of the novel's stronger characters?

3. What is the only reason the doctor thinks that Nostromo is trustworthy with the silver?

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

5. What has happened to Decoud?

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

7. In what does Dr. Monygham give Nostromo the chance for revenge?

8. What does Captain Mitchell say on his tours around the Occidental Republic?

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

10. How has the town changed when Mr. Gould arrives back in town?

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