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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sol at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) Library.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) With her mother in the parlor.
(d) Dining room.

2. What is in the letter that Julian sends to the minister of public information in Chapter 23?
(a) Newspaper article.
(b) Money.
(c) His resignation.
(d) His diploma.

3. What kind of tea is made with button mushrooms and secret herbs?
(a) English breakfast tea.
(b) Cakchiquel tea.
(c) Darjeeling tea.
(d) Mexican tea.

4. What does Julian tell Panoplo he has found in Sol?
(a) The woman of his dreams.
(b) An intellectual for him to talk with.
(c) Writer of editorials to the newspaper.
(d) An assistant.

5. What job does Julian get that Lucia says sounds like stability to her?
(a) University professor.
(b) Article writer.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Poet.

6. What happens when a Cuban man gives his word of honor?
(a) It can always be revised.
(b) A judge can decide to change it.
(c) He must petition a priest to change it.
(d) It is never to be broken.

7. What does Sol think about the news that Julian is getting married in Mexico City?
(a) Good riddance!
(b) It must be a mistake.
(c) Xenufla was right.
(d) She needs a new boyfriend.

8. What does Sol give Julian that is very dear to her after he talks about his feelings of friendship for her?
(a) Her diary.
(b) Book.
(c) A letter.
(d) Music.

9. What month is it when Julian and Don Manuel play chess outside under the magnolia tree?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) February.
(d) December.

10. What does Julian do when he faces the sun at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Shouts.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Cries.

11. What does Julian realize as he watches the sun rise at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) He is distraught.
(b) He will never be alone.
(c) He is lonely.
(d) He wants to die.

12. What does Julian hit with his closed fist at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Door.
(b) Bed.
(c) Table.
(d) Wall.

13. What does Julian feel as he watches his new wife walk down the hotel stairs?
(a) He has never felt lonelier in his life.
(b) Great happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Appreciation.

14. Who does Julian say Sol is?
(a) A woman he realizes was his neighbor.
(b) Someone he will marry.
(c) A long lost cousin.
(d) The woman of his poems.

15. What does Lucia read about Sol in the society pages of El Progreso?
(a) She is enrolled in college.
(b) She is married.
(c) She has died of malaria.
(d) She is engaged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julian say is inside his head asking questions?

2. Who places Sol's gown on a dummy after the party is over?

3. What does Don Manuel invite Julian to do when he sees him at the library?

4. How much back pay does Julian receive when he starts his full-time job?

5. What does Lucia do that astonishes her aunts in Chapter 14?

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