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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Paula located when Allende visits her?
(a) A movie studio in Los Angeles
(b) An apartment in Paris
(c) A flat in London
(d) A hospital in Spain

2. Who is Willie?
(a) Allende's accountant
(b) Allende's editor
(c) Allende's driver
(d) Allende's husband

3. What was the family joke about Allende?
(a) If her mother took the right child from the hospital
(b) Her ears are so big
(c) She squeaked when she laughed
(d) She walked like a duck

4. What does Allende feel bad about her inability to do?
(a) Finish her new book
(b) Cry
(c) Put Paula in God's hands
(d) Stay at the hospital

5. What was the basis for Allende's writing as a child?
(a) Loneliness
(b) Outgoing personality
(c) Gift for gab
(d) Vivid imagination

Short Answer Questions

1. Allende believes she has received a premonition about _____________________.

2. What happened to the marriage between Allende's parents?

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

4. What is Ernesto's profession?

5. What does Allende's mother give her to express herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did writing become an expression for Allende?

2. What does Allende do when her daughter slips into a coma?

3. What loving acts do Paula's family members do prior to her death?

4. Describe Allende's grandmother, Meme's special gifts.

5. What was the influence of Uncle Pablo in Allende's life?

6. What are the circumstances that bring Allende back in contact with her father and his side of the family?

7. How does Paula die?

8. Describe Allende's son, Nicolas, during his teenage years in Caracas.

9. How did Allende use art as a form of expression as a young girl?

10. Explain the spiritual connection Allende has with Paula at this time.

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