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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tio Ramon do for Allende's mother and brothers?
(a) Take them to ballgames
(b) Take them to church
(c) Take them for rides in a car
(d) Take them to the beach

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

3. What is important to know about Paula at this time?
(a) She is starting a business
(b) She is critically ill
(c) She has just graduated
(d) She has just married

4. Where did Allende paint murals?
(a) At her school
(b) At a cafe
(c) At a social club
(d) On her bedroom walls

5. Where did Allende learn to speak English?
(a) From her mother
(b) Listening to the radio
(c) From Tio Ramon
(d) A school for British girls

6. Who is Pablo?
(a) Allende's boyfriend
(b) Allende's brother
(c) Allende's uncle
(d) Allende's father

7. What disease was Paula diagnosed with?
(a) Cancer
(b) Epilepsy
(c) Porphyria
(d) Diabetes

8. What does Allende wish for more than anything at this point?
(a) For Ernesto to get on with his life
(b) For Willie to return
(c) For Paula to reawaken
(d) For Pancho to return

9. Which of the following people does not come to the hospital from South America?
(a) Allende's mother
(b) Ernesto's father
(c) Allende's husband
(d) Paula's father

10. With whom does Allende and her family live with after their return home?
(a) Meme and Tata
(b) Meme and Papa
(c) Mama and Papa
(d) Gigi and Papa

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

12. Where does Allende's mother work to support her children?
(a) An insurance office
(b) A hair salon
(c) A restaurant
(d) A bank

13. What happens when Allende's father is involved in scandals in Peru?
(a) He is jailed
(b) He is exiled
(c) The family must return to Chile
(d) He is put on trial

14. What is the name of Allende's husband and Paula's father?
(a) Manuel
(b) Mario
(c) Michael
(d) Miguel

15. How old was Allende's mother when she had Allende?
(a) 29
(b) 17
(c) 20
(d) 25

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems more fatalistic about Paula's possible death?

2. What nationality was Michael?

3. The book is written as if it were _______________.

4. What were Paula's last words to Allende before slipping into a coma?

5. To what city do Allende, her mother and brothers follow Tio Ramon when he is transferred?

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