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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Pages 109 – 130.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who seems more fatalistic about Paula's possible death?
(a) Ernesto
(b) Tata
(c) Meme
(d) Allende

2. What did Paula do prior to her illness?
(a) Volunteered at the art institute
(b) Taught music theory
(c) Volunteered as a school psychologist
(d) Taught art history at a university

3. What does Allende feel bad about her inability to do?
(a) Finish her new book
(b) Put Paula in God's hands
(c) Cry
(d) Stay at the hospital

4. Who is Paula?
(a) Allende's daughter
(b) Allende's sister
(c) Allende's granddaughter
(d) Allende's mother

5. What does Tata believe that Allende is lacking?
(a) Clothes
(b) Money
(c) Education
(d) Manners

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the family put in front of the windows while living in Beirut?

2. What is Ernesto's profession?

3. Allende states that the only certainty of her life was _____________________.

4. Why does Allende decide to write down her history and stories?

5. What disease was Paula diagnosed with?

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