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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the consul think about Yvonne as he storms out of the hotel restaurant?
(a) That she is lost from him forever.
(b) That things are finally looking up with them.
(c) That he doesn't love her anymore.
(d) That she has cheated on him with Hugh.

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

3. What geographical item does Yvonne admire in the distance after the bus ride?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) A large city and its large buildings.
(d) A forest fire that is providing a glow in the night sky.

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

5. What does Yvonne notice during the bus ride with the consul and Hugh?
(a) All of the cute children.
(b) Movie posters.
(c) How handsome the consul is.
(d) All the handsome men without girlfriends.

6. Why do Yvonne and Hugh make fun of the waitress at the hotel?
(a) Because she is a bad waitress.
(b) Because she keeps spilling everything.
(c) Because she has poor English.
(d) Because she is laughing at really bad jokes.

7. Who does Hugh blame for the upset at dinner at the hotel?
(a) Himself.
(b) The bad waitress.
(c) Yvonne.
(d) The consul.

8. Where do the animals ride on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?
(a) Inside.
(b) Outside.
(c) No animals are allowed anywhere on this bus.
(d) Both inside and outside.

9. What do the police kick on top of the consul's dead body?
(a) His wallet.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) An empty tequila bottle.
(d) Some dirt to cover their crime.

10. How does Hugh react to Yvonne's request to leave Laruelle's home?
(a) He wants to stay.
(b) He wants to accompany her out.
(c) He slaps her in an attempt to establish his authority.
(d) He ignores her requests.

11. What kind of feeling does Yvonne have while searching for the consul in the storm?
(a) One of foreboding.
(b) One of great luck.
(c) One of extreme joy.
(d) One of peace and calm.

12. How many drinks does the consul have during dinner at the hotel?
(a) Just one little sip.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Many.

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

14. What does Yvonne think would prove healing for the consul?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Privacy.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) Privacy and quiet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Laruelle leave the consul alone in his own home?

2. What insult does Laruelle unintentionally inflict upon Hugh?

3. Who does the consul have sex with on his way up the mountain?

4. Where do the police begin to take the consul?

5. Why does the visitor arrive at Laruelle's house?

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