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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. What does Pepe think will happen if they defend the mine?
(a) They will be killed.
(b) They will lose everything.
(c) Surrounding villages will be destroyed.
(d) They will be tortured.

2. Who does Nostromo allow Monygham to think is dead?
(a) Antonia
(b) Mr. Gould
(c) Decoud
(d) Hirsch

3. For whom are the town leaders waiting?
(a) General Montero's soldiers
(b) Mr. Gould
(c) American troops
(d) Nostromo

4. How does Antonia preserve Decoud's memory?
(a) Carves a sculpture
(b) Paints his picture
(c) Erects a monument
(d) Writes a book about him

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nostromo think cares nothing for him?

2. What has enhanced Nostromo's reputation?

3. What does Pedro offer Gould?

4. What does the doctor say is the only thing that Nostromo has?

5. Where were the three men taken prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In what way can Pedro be seen as a weak character?

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

8. Describe Montero's entrance into the town.

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

10. What has happened to Decoud?

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