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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does someone make fun of the consul for during his walk with Yvonne back to their house once she has returned?
(a) For his bad Spanish.
(b) For his out-of-date shoes.
(c) For his limp.
(d) For his ugliness.

2. What job does Hugh get after his attempts to become a famous musician fail?
(a) He works on the crew of a ship.
(b) He commissions a ship to look for treasure.
(c) He sets off as a pirate on his father's ship.
(d) He captains his own ship.

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

4. Who is one of the few remaining members of the consul's household staff that Yvonne talks to?
(a) The driver.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The painter.
(d) The maid.

5. What does Yvonne initially seem to bring to the consul's life?
(a) Hope.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the consul's adulthood compare to what he dreamed about as a boy?

2. What year is it in the novel when the story starts?

3. Where did Yvonne and the consul have their last date before Yvonne left him?

4. Who is selling the animal that Yvonne wants at the brewery?

5. Where was Yvonne born?

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