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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the state of the health of Herr Wilibald Graf?
(a) Dying
(b) Some minor problems
(c) Heart disease
(d) Perfect

5. Why do some of the ship's passengers want to talk to the captain about these Spanish people?
(a) The people eat weird food
(b) They want to give them clothes
(c) The people make too much noise
(d) They are worried about dirt and disease

6. What is the feeling of most of the passengers regarding Mexico?
(a) It's too hot
(b) Happy to be leaving
(c) Sad to be leaving
(d) It's too poor

7. What do the local people try to get from the travelers?
(a) Money
(b) Clothes
(c) Tickets
(d) Food

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

9. Who is the author of this novel?
(a) Harper Lee
(b) Katherine Porter
(c) William Faulkner
(d) Ernest Hemingway

10. In what Mexican city does the novel begin?
(a) Mexico City
(b) Cancun
(c) Veracruz
(d) San Diego

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

12. What do the passengers have to obtain from the official offices?
(a) Inoculations
(b) Travel papers
(c) Passports
(d) Lunch tickets

13. Who is La Condesa?
(a) The wife of an ambassador
(b) An actress
(c) A Mexican princess
(d) A political exile

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been Herr Hutten's role in Mexico?

2. What is the mood of the passengers?

3. Where are the characters going?

4. Where are the Spanish people headed?

5. What is the profession of Herr Karl Baumgartner?

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