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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city do Allende, her mother and brothers live with Tio Ramon while he works at the Chilean embassy?
(a) Santiago
(b) Lima
(c) Rio de Janeiro
(d) La Paz

2. Where does Ernesto's father return to?
(a) Paris
(b) Bogota
(c) Africa
(d) The Amazon

3. What was Pablo's passion?
(a) Cooking
(b) Sculpting
(c) Meditating
(d) Reading

4. In what business did Tata and his sons work?
(a) Pottery
(b) Banking
(c) Wool
(d) Coffee

5. What does Allende take to help her sleep at night?
(a) Tylenol P.M.
(b) Valerian
(c) Ambien
(d) Elavil

6. Paula is eventually moved from intensive care to ___________________.
(a) Home
(b) A six-bed ward
(c) Hospice
(d) Halfway house

7. What does Allende believe her task is at this point?
(a) To distract death so it cannot find Paula
(b) To remain calm
(c) To find better doctors
(d) To pray the rosary

8. Who is Meme?
(a) Allende's poodle
(b) Allende's aunt
(c) Allende's daughter
(d) Allende's grandmother

9. Allende believes she has received a premonition about _____________________.
(a) Her mother's marriage
(b) Her next book
(c) Paula's death
(d) Tata's death

10. Why does Allende decide to write down her history and stories?
(a) To teach a writing class
(b) To give to the historical society
(c) To create a new book
(d) To help Paula reorient herself when she recovers

11. What does Allende try to force Paula's doctors to do?
(a) Turn off Paula's life support
(b) Give Paula a blood transfusion
(c) Wean Paula off oxygen
(d) Send Paula home

12. Which one of Allende's brothers ran away as a teenager and never returned?
(a) Ernesto
(b) Pancho
(c) Tata
(d) Eduardo

13. What does Allende do after Paula has been in the hospital for 100 days?
(a) Moves to Madrid
(b) Goes back to San Francisco
(c) Pulls life support systems
(d) Sends her mother back to Chile

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

15. What is the title of Allende's most recent book at the time?
(a) To Infinity and Beyond
(b) The Ultimate Plan
(c) Infinity Never Ends
(d) The Infinite Plan

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Allende doing when notified about her daughter?

2. Which of the following did Tata not do after the death of Meme?

3. Where did Allende's family live?

4. Where did Allende learn to speak English?

5. How many years are Paula and Ernesto married when Paula gets sick?

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