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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sol standing when Julian first sees her at Don Manuel's party?
(a) Dining room.
(b) Dancing in the ballroom.
(c) Outside in the courtyard.
(d) Top of the stairs.

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

3. What does Don Manuel say when Julian tells him he is to be married in Mexico City?
(a) "Wonderful!"
(b) "Congratulations, my boy."
(c) "You horrible man!"
(d) "I can't believe you!"

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

5. When does Julian have to leave for Mexico City to be in time for his wedding?
(a) September 15.
(b) May 12.
(c) October 2.
(d) December 10.

6. Why does Julian cry in Chapter 11?
(a) He longs to return to Cuba.
(b) Because he is joyful about meeting Sol.
(c) He is sad he has no job.
(d) He misses Lucia.

7. How long does it take Lucia to buy her trousseau after Julian sends her money?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Within two and a half weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One month.

8. What subject is Julian writing about in his notebook at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Food.
(b) Plants.
(c) Pets.
(d) Music.

9. What does Sol think that Julian shares with her father?
(a) They are both lazy.
(b) They both have lots of money.
(c) They are both generals.
(d) They are both dreamers and fighters.

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

11. What does Sol give Julian when he tells her he has to leave for Mexico City?
(a) Ring.
(b) Lock of her hair.
(c) Small photograph of herself and a white rose.
(d) Heart-shaped rock.

12. Who places Sol's gown on a dummy after the party is over?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Xenufla.
(c) Her youngest sister.
(d) Gabriela.

13. What is the gin flask made from?
(a) Leather.
(b) Tin.
(c) Pewter.
(d) Silver.

14. What opera is Sol playing a love song from when Julian is playing chess with her father on the patio?
(a) La Rondine.
(b) La Boheme.
(c) Scheherazade.
(d) Tristan and Isolde.

15. What did Juan de Dios Rosado write that Don Manuel is having performed at his party?
(a) Concerto.
(b) Waltz.
(c) Story.
(d) Play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stationery does Lucia use to write to her family while on her wedding trip?

2. What is Lucia's reaction to the news that she and Julian are moving from Guatemala?

3. What is Senora Saavedra wearing in her hair when she is going to Don Manuel's party?

4. Where is Sol at the beginning of Chapter 20?

5. What does Julian do with the gin flask in Chapter 20?

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