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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Earthquake in Chile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Marquise's father do willingly during the attack?
(a) He fights the enemy.
(b) He surrenders.
(c) He kills anyone in his way.
(d) He gives up his daughter.

2. What does the Marquise's family hear about the Count as they try to decide how to thank him?
(a) That he is at a nearby estate, injured.
(b) That he has been killed in battle.
(c) That is a famous womanizer.
(d) That he was resonsible for the Marquise's attack.

3. What is Josefa doing when Jerónimo finds her?
(a) Bathing her baby.
(b) Crying.
(c) Helping others.
(d) Praying.

4. What is Jerónimo's last name?
(a) Neruda.
(b) Allende.
(c) Rugera.
(d) Mistral.

5. What happened to the convent where the baby was being cared for?
(a) It caught on fire.
(b) It was looted.
(c) It collapsed immediately.
(d) Nothing happened to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river which "rolled toward" Jerónimo?

2. What does the Count give up by signing some papers from the Marquise's father?

3. Why does the father of another baby approach Josefa?

4. What had Josefa done after the earthquake?

5. What does the Marquise wish to do when she wakes up after the attacks?

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