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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The local people view the travelers with ____________________.
(a) Resentment
(b) Awe
(c) Incredulity
(d) Respect

2. What type of discrimination is at the forefront of this book?
(a) Gender
(b) Racial
(c) Religious
(d) Age

3. Which of the following is not heightened during the trip?
(a) Animosities
(b) Prejudices
(c) Frequent Flyer Miles
(d) Friendships

4. To where is La Condesa headed?
(a) Tel Aviv
(b) Tenerife
(c) Telluride
(d) Trenton

5. What color shirt does the political agitator wear?
(a) Red
(b) White
(c) Green
(d) Orange

6. What kind of business did Herr Karl Glocken own in Mexico?
(a) Restaurant
(b) Publishing company
(c) Law firm
(d) Newspaper and tobacco

7. What seems to be the only time the passengers are comfortable?
(a) When they're sleeping
(b) When they're on lounge chairs
(c) When they segregate by nationality
(d) When they're strolling on deck

8. For what German city is the ship bound?
(a) Berlin
(b) Frankfurt
(c) Bonn
(d) Bremerhaven

9. What are the names of the six-year-old twins on board the ship?
(a) Rick and Rack
(b) Ric and Rac
(c) Ricci and Raccone
(d) Frick and Frack

10. In what year does the story take place?
(a) 1931
(b) 1945
(c) 1918
(d) 1899

11. How many Spanish people are waiting to board the Vera at his dock?
(a) 35
(b) 12
(c) 450
(d) 875

12. To what group do the characters belong?
(a) Sports team
(b) College class
(c) Religious congregation
(d) Passengers

13. What is the mood of the passengers?
(a) Sullen
(b) Buoyant
(c) Sad
(d) Irritable

14. What is a group of people waiting to do?
(a) See a concert
(b) Board a plane
(c) Watch a bullfight
(d) Board a ship

15. How many Cuban college students board the ship in Havana?
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 13
(d) 6

Short Answer Questions

1. The Spanish passengers consist of an eight-person ______________________.

2. What is the name of the Swedish man on board the ship?

3. Where are the Spanish people headed?

4. What is the feeling of most of the passengers regarding Mexico?

5. What is Herr Wilibald Graf's role?

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