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

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

3. What does Montero wish to establish in the city?
(a) An athletics club
(b) A musuem of his life
(c) A royal court
(d) A cowboy and indian appreciation society

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

5. Where were the three men taken prisoner?
(a) Giorgio's hotel
(b) The lighthouse
(c) The silver mine
(d) Mr. Gould's house

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gould vow to destroy?

3. What does Hirsch think has happened to Nostromo and Decoud?

4. What is Pedro disappointed about in the city?

5. Who plans to take over the area as general?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Montero's entrance into the town.

2. How is the silver threatening to ruin Nostromo's life?

3. What has happened to Decoud?

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

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

6. What is Sotillo's plan once he gets to Sulaco?

7. Describe the collision between the two boats in Part 2, Chapter 8.

8. How is Hirsch killed?

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

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

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