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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laruelle comment on in regard to the consul's behavior?
(a) His lack of excitement about Yvonne's return.
(b) His lack of involvement in the town's messy politics.
(c) He fine and beautiful clothes.
(d) His amazing wealth.

2. 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 limp.
(b) For his ugliness.
(c) For his out-of-date shoes.
(d) For his bad Spanish.

3. What Biblical allusion does the consul use after the trio's bus ride?
(a) The story of the plagues.
(b) The birth of Jesus.
(c) The story of Joshua.
(d) The story of Job.

4. What is the subject of the book that the bartender returns to Laruelle in Chapter 1?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Elizabethan plays.
(c) Romantic poetry.
(d) Modern art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What final reason does Yvonne give about why she wants to leave Laruelle's home?

2. What interrupts Yvonne and the consul's first conversation upon her return to Quauhnahuac?

3. Where does the novel begin?

4. What is the consul served for breakfast upon Yvonne's return?

5. How long is Hugh gone on the ship?

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