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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ernesto's profession?
(a) Professor
(b) Lawyer
(c) Engineer
(d) Doctor

3. What were Paula's last words to Allende before slipping into a coma?
(a) I'm scared
(b) I love you
(c) Take care of Ernesto
(d) Pray for me

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

5. Who is Tomas?
(a) Allende's son
(b) Allende's brother
(c) Allende's father
(d) Allende's grandfather

6. What happened to the marriage between Allende's parents?
(a) They remained legally separated
(b) They remained married
(c) They divorced
(d) It was annulled

7. About whom does Allende have a frightening dream?
(a) Ernesto
(b) Meme
(c) Paula
(d) William

8. What nationality was Michael?
(a) Chilean
(b) British
(c) Lebanese
(d) Spanish

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

10. How old was Allende when she married her first husband, Michael?
(a) 21
(b) 16
(c) 29
(d) 19

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

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

13. How often is Allende allowed to see her daughter?
(a) Twice a day
(b) Every hour
(c) There are no restrictions
(d) Once a day

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

15. The author flashes back to what time in this section?
(a) When her mother and brothers returned to Santiago
(b) When she got married
(c) When she graduated college
(d) When Paula was born

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Allende when she met her current husband, Willie?

2. What position had Allende's father held in Peru?

3. What was Michael's occupation when they married?

4. Who was actually the policeman that Tio Ramon brought to the house to scare the children after they took chocolates?

5. Who dies when Allende is very young?

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