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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Pages 162 – 202.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Ernesto not do during Paula's illness?
(a) Brings flowers
(b) Visits every day
(c) Makes tape recorded messages
(d) Leaves items under her pillow

2. Why did Allende feel guilty about Paula's disease?
(a) For passing on the tendency to get it
(b) For making fun of her symptoms
(c) For ignoring Paula's pleas for help
(d) For not noticing it earlier

3. What book did Allende read on the sly when her parents were out?
(a) The Joy of Sex
(b) Peyton Place
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) A Thousand and One Nights

4. Who dies when Allende is very young?
(a) Meme
(b) Tata
(c) Her mother
(d) Her father

5. What decision does Allende make about Paula after the results of her brain scans?
(a) Take her home to San Francisco
(b) Stop all life support measures
(c) Contact different doctors
(d) Revise her will

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allende feel bad about her inability to do?

2. What does Allende do after Paula has been in the hospital for 100 days?

3. Which one of Allende's brothers was a great scholar?

4. How was Allende informed that her daughter was ill?

5. Doctors determine that Paula's ________________ needs to be tested.

(see the answer key)

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