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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches Quincey and the consul while they are talking?
(a) A deranged man.
(b) Yvonne.
(c) A wild and rabid dog.
(d) The doctor.

2. What animal do Hugh and Yvonne keep passing during their excursion together?
(a) A dead dove.
(b) A rattlesnake.
(c) A very slow turtle.
(d) The same goat.

3. What are the women doing that the consul draws Yvonne's attention to when she first sees him again?
(a) Playing dominoes.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Trying to sell fresh bread.
(d) Weaving a beautiful tapestry.

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

5. What have both Hugh and Yvonne been doing over the past year?
(a) Running from the law.
(b) Trying to plot against the consul.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Falling in love with someone else.

6. How does Yvonne feel when she returns to her home?
(a) Confused about her new job.
(b) Furious at her terrible new boss.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Sad about her dead baby.

7. Back at their home, what does the consul ask Yvonne about her stay in Quauhnahuac?
(a) How long she will stay.
(b) How much someone bribed her to talk to him.
(c) When the judge will grant their divorce.
(d) Where she will be sleeping.

8. What was Hugh hoping his music career would bring him?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Lots of women.
(c) The approval of his parents.
(d) Fame and fortune.

9. Who does Quincey ask the consul about?
(a) Hugh.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Laruelle.
(d) Yvonne.

10. What is the second theory Yvonne thinks about regarding the meaning of the word "Quauhnahuac"?
(a) That it means land of green snakes.
(b) That it means volcano of joy.
(c) That it means where the eagle stops.
(d) That just uttering the word can give you magical powers.

11. How long is Hugh gone on the ship?
(a) Several years.
(b) One year to the day.
(c) Several months.
(d) Just a week.

12. When Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul leave the consul's house together, where do they intend to go?
(a) Canada.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) The festival.

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

14. What does Laruelle find in the book the bartender returns to him?
(a) A $100 bill.
(b) A copy of the consul's will.
(c) Letters from the consul that he never sent.
(d) A letter from Yvonne.

15. What kind of animal does Yvonne try to buy at the brewery?
(a) A parrot.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A kitten.
(d) An armadillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hugh wearing the first time he sees Yvonne upon her return?

2. What branch of military service did the consul once serve in?

3. Who is Yvonne?

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

5. What do Monsieur Laruelle and the doctor discuss about Geoffrey in Chapter 1?

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