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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yvonne feel about attending the bull fight?
(a) She is excited about it.
(b) She doesn't want to.
(c) She just wants to go shopping instead.
(d) She has already bet against the bull and can't wait for the fight.

2. What do the police demand from the consul when they confront him?
(a) Both of these answers are correct.
(b) More money for his drinks.
(c) More money for his time with the whore.
(d) None of these answers is correct.

3. Where does the consul plan to meet Hugh and Yvonne after all three have been at Laruelle's house?
(a) A local cantina.
(b) The courthouse.
(c) The waterfall.
(d) The bus station.

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

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

6. Where do the police start following the consul?
(a) After he gets off the bus.
(b) After he leaves the hotel.
(c) After he leaves the brothel.
(d) After he leaves the restaurant.

7. What does Hugh try to do to the trio's dynamics during the bus ride?
(a) Help people understand the seriousness of their situation.
(b) Cause problems because he is secretly in love with Yvonne.
(c) Relieve the tension.
(d) Pray for focus.

8. What kind of person do the police accuse the consul of being?
(a) A spy for the Spanish government.
(b) A woman in disguise.
(c) A communist.
(d) A fake priest.

9. What is mescal?
(a) A drink that is supposed to give you a lot of energy.
(b) A local alcoholic beverage.
(c) A juice made from a cactus flower.
(d) A water with apparent mystical qualities.

10. What Biblical allusion does the consul use after the trio's bus ride?
(a) The story of Joshua.
(b) The story of Job.
(c) The story of the plagues.
(d) The birth of Jesus.

11. What does the widow lady predict for the consul and Yvonne?
(a) That they will have twins very soon.
(b) That they will become very rich.
(c) That they will die that night.
(d) That they will be happy together in the future.

12. What makes the bull fight so unentertaining?
(a) There is no music.
(b) The bull refuses to fight.
(c) The bull has clearly been drugged.
(d) It is over in fewer than 30 seconds.

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

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

15. What kind of music do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul listen to during dinner?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) None -- this is a trick question.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugh buy as he and Yvonne are searching for the consul?

2. What does Lowry describe the train (that the bus passes) as doing during its rest in the landscape?

3. What geographical item does Yvonne admire in the distance after the bus ride?

4. What do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul argue about over dinner at the hotel?

5. What does the consul read as he continues to head up the mountain after he storms out of his hotel?

(see the answer keys)

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