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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doctors determine that Paula's ________________ needs to be tested.
(a) Hormone production
(b) Muscle strength
(c) Circulatory system
(d) Nervous system

2. What helps to alleviate some of the pain Allende feels over Paula's condition?
(a) Antidepressants
(b) Writing
(c) Therapy
(d) Crying

3. What is the second book Allende writes during this period?
(a) Love Shadows
(b) Of Love and Shadows
(c) Love in the Shadows
(d) The Shadow Knows

4. What does Allende see at her bedside one morning?
(a) A stack of books
(b) A bouquet of flowers
(c) A new puppy
(d) Paula's favorite slippers

5. Which of the following is not Allende's role in her home?
(a) Mother
(b) Housekeeper
(c) Wife
(d) Decision maker

6. After a month in San Francisco, the doctors evaluate Paula as __________________________.
(a) Completely fine
(b) In a permanent vegetative state
(c) Improving more every day
(d) Very much improved

7. What lifestyle does Allende adopt when the family returns to Chile?
(a) Yuppie
(b) Hippie
(c) Soccer mom
(d) Professional

8. When does Allende return to Michael and the children after being with her lover in Spain?
(a) Three months
(b) Three years
(c) One year
(d) Three weeks

9. What does Allende write at this time?
(a) TV sitcoms
(b) Poetry
(c) Plays and books
(d) Mazagine articles

10. Which of the following was not abolished by the new government in Chile?
(a) Minimum wage
(b) Employee medical benefits
(c) Safety statutes
(d) Socialist healthcare

11. Which of the following does Allende not think about now?
(a) If she can develop new house plans
(b) If she will ever write again
(c) If she will live much longer
(d) If she is getting old

12. What illness do Michael, Paula and Nicolas all have?
(a) Epilepsy
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Diabetes
(d) Porphyria

13. How long do Allende and her family live in this location?
(a) 5 years
(b) 13 years
(c) 13 months
(d) 7 years

14. Which birthday is Allende celebrating in this section?
(a) 50th
(b) 60th
(c) 40th
(d) 29th

15. What is the name of Allende's daughter-in-law who is about to give birth?
(a) Celia
(b) Cherise
(c) Cheryl
(d) Cassie

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael needs a new license to practice as _________________ in Venezuela.

2. Where does Michael secure work on a project?

3. What does Allende dream of ?

4. Which of the following did Allende not do during the time in Chile after the military coups?

5. Allende was first attracted to Willie because he was a mix of refinement and _______________.

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