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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the police demand of the consul?
(a) That he leave their town immediately.
(b) That he show up for court the next day.
(c) At least $1000.
(d) To see his papers.

2. What do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul argue about over dinner at the hotel?
(a) The existence of God.
(b) Religion.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Local politics and world affairs.

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

4. What kind of atmosphere does the bus have?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Hectic.
(c) Very serious.
(d) Mournful.

5. What does Yvonne tell the consul her hopes for them for the future are?
(a) To sail off somewhere in a ship -- she doesn't care where.
(b) To relocate to Hawaii.
(c) To move away to Canada.
(d) To get remarried and try for children in Mexico.

6. Who does Yvonne notice seems to enjoy the bull fight the most?
(a) The children.
(b) The drunkest of onlookers.
(c) The young boys.
(d) The oldest of men.

7. What reason does the consul give about why they should not leave Laruelle's home so soon after they arrived (as Yvonne proposes)?
(a) Because he says it would be rude.
(b) Because he hasn't said his hellos.
(c) Because the food is just too delicious to leave uneaten.
(d) Because he hasn't had time to present them with gifts.

8. How could Hugh, the consul, and Yvonne's visit to Laruelle best be described?
(a) Tense.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Relaxing.

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

10. Where do Yvonne and Hugh chase the consul after dinner at the hotel?
(a) Down the winding streets of Mexico City.
(b) Into the river he jumps into.
(c) Up the volcano.
(d) Into the volcano.

11. Why do Yvonne and Hugh become upset during dinner?
(a) Because of some unruly patrons at the next table.
(b) Because the consul is drinking again.
(c) Because the waitress keeps messing up their food.
(d) Because the consul refuses to speak in English anymore.

12. What prompts Yvonne to start thinking of her own childhood?
(a) The heat.
(b) A small little girl she sees.
(c) A picture she finds in her wallet.
(d) A familiar melody she hears on the wind.

13. What does Lowry describe the train (that the bus passes) as doing during its rest in the landscape?
(a) Dripping.
(b) Snoring.
(c) Burning.
(d) Stalking.

14. What makes Yvonne fall (the first time) while searching for the consul in the storm?
(a) A trap he set for her.
(b) A broken ankle.
(c) Slippery rocks.
(d) A rat she steps on.

15. What do Hugh and Yvonne find of the consul's to indicate they are on the right path while looking for him?
(a) A receipt.
(b) One of his shoes.
(c) His glasses.
(d) An empty bottle of his favorite beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets on the bus when it stops for a bathroom break?

2. What kinds of people are on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?

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

4. What kind of music do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul listen to during dinner?

5. What did Yvonne dream of becoming when she was a child?

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