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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the consul remember his childhood?
(a) With neither happiness nor sadness.
(b) With rage.
(c) With terror.
(d) With nostalgia.

2. What does the consul constantly hear in his head?
(a) His mother.
(b) The screeching of a train.
(c) Dogs barking.
(d) Voices.

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

4. What day is it when the novel opens?
(a) Mexican Independence Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Day of the Dead.
(d) Easter.

5. What does Hugh observe Yvonne and the consul doing on the bus?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) Holding hands.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Poisoning each other's drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Yvonne born?

2. Where does the consul stop to compose himself on his way home to meet Yvonne?

3. What animal does Hugh rent for him and Yvonne during their walk?

4. What animal do Hugh and Yvonne keep passing during their excursion together?

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

(see the answer key)

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