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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earthquake, Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucia do after she reads the newspaper article about Julian?
(a) Crumples it up.
(b) Makes copies.
(c) Rips it up.
(d) Burns it.

2. What does the organ grinder's monkey do when people place a coin in his tin cup?
(a) Does a somersault.
(b) Gives them a piece of paper with a fortune on it.
(c) Hops up on their shoulder.
(d) Bows.

3. How old is Lucia?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Twenty.

4. What is the name of Sol's nanny?
(a) Lupe.
(b) Candy.
(c) Lucinda.
(d) Xenufla.

5. What is the name of the steamship Julian is on at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Spanish Wayfarer.
(b) El Futuro.
(c) El Nina.
(d) The ship of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Professor Saavedra say about the Escuela Central when he shows Julian around it?

2. How did Julian propose to his fiancee?

3. What is Julian happy to find in the room he rents in Guatemala City?

4. What did a Spanish judge accuse Julian of when he was 17?

5. What happens when Sol stands before the saint's shrine?

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