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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the consul leave the hotel restaurant?
(a) He passes out and has to be carried out.
(b) He leaves in handcuffs when the police come to get him.
(c) He makes a scene and storms out.
(d) He sneaks out the bathroom window in order to avoid paying his bill.

2. Where did Laruelle first meet the consul?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

3. Why must Yvonne and the consul pass up an invitation from the doctor?
(a) Because of his failing health.
(b) Because they burn the food they are supposed to bring.
(c) Because they are too poor to travel there.
(d) Because Yvonne is too distraught over her missing child.

4. How long can the consul go without alcohol before feeling the effects of his withdrawal?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 seconds.
(d) 2 hours.

5. What interrupts Yvonne and the consul's first conversation upon her return to Quauhnahuac?
(a) The sound of sirens going by.
(b) Other people yelling.
(c) An annoying housemaid.
(d) Musicians outside the bedroom window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the visiting trio stays behind at Laruelle's home?

2. What makes Yvonne fall (the first time) while searching for the consul in the storm?

3. What is the subject of the book that the bartender returns to Laruelle in Chapter 1?

4. Where are Monsieur Laruelle and the local doctor talking when the novel beings?

5. Where does the bus stop for a bathroom break?

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