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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Quincey respond to the consul?
(a) He chases him away by waving a gun.
(b) He invites him in for dinner.
(c) He forgives him for all of his sins.
(d) He doesn't believe much of what he says.

2. Of what does the consul try to convince Quincey?
(a) That Yvonne is returning and will never leave again.
(b) That Yvonne is pregnant.
(c) That he has a lot of money in his pockets.
(d) That he has given up drinking.

3. What voices are the consul attempting to run from?
(a) The voices of people yelling at him from windows.
(b) The voices of Yvonne and Hugh, which seem extra loud to him for some reason.
(c) The voices in his head.
(d) The voices of his children.

4. What does the consul hallucinate and see his bathtub filled with?
(a) Fire.
(b) Insects.
(c) Blood.
(d) Boiling water.

5. What large gift does Yvonne bring to the consul upon her return?
(a) A very large statute of herself in a beautiful gown.
(b) A very large statue of himself in military dress.
(c) A very large statue of the child that they had that died.
(d) This is a trick question -- she doesn't bring him a large gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must Yvonne and the consul pass up an invitation from the doctor?

2. What day is it when the novel opens?

3. Where does Yvonne first find the consul upon her return to Quauhnahuac?

4. What happened to the consul before he could track down his wife on the night she left him?

5. Where does the reader learn, in Chapter 1, that Laruelle is planning to go on a journey?

(see the answer key)

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