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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 is trusting.
(b) She has money.
(c) She has a nice smile.
(d) She is beautiful.

2. How do Pepe and Mr. Gould plan to keep the mine out of enemy hands?
(a) Kill Montero
(b) Blow it up
(c) Call in American troops
(d) Set traps

3. What does Gould vow to destroy?
(a) The mine
(b) The government
(c) Nostromo
(d) His family

4. Which character is the reader reintroduced to in this chapter?
(a) Nostromo
(b) Ribiera
(c) Hirsch
(d) Decoud

5. What is Pedro disappointed about in the city?
(a) There is no university.
(b) There are few beautiful women.
(c) There are no baths.
(d) The nice houses have been destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pedro offer Gould?

2. Who will lead the troops?

3. What does Nostromo discover about Decoud?

4. For whom does Nostromo refuse to get a priest?

5. Why is Nostromo resentful towards the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What has happened to Decoud?

4. In what way do the town leaders show their true colors in Part 3, Chapter 1?

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

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

7. What do the town leaders show is their true worry in Part 3, Chapter 2?

8. Why is Nostromo so angry in Part 3, Chapter 8?

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

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

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