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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Laruelle leave the consul alone in his own home?
(a) Because he goes to take a shower.
(b) Because he doesn't want him driving home.
(c) Because he is trying to catch him stealing things.
(d) Because he has given up on him.

3. Who does the consul claim had the right to die?
(a) Laruelle.
(b) The man they observed on the bus.
(c) Himself.
(d) Jesus.

4. How has the consul reacted to Yvonne's childhood dreams?
(a) He supports them.
(b) He refuses to hear about them.
(c) He uses his connections to help her.
(d) He says he supports her but then sabotages all her efforts behind her back.

5. 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 bus station.
(d) The waterfall.

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

7. Where does the bus stop for a bathroom break?
(a) A McDonald's.
(b) The wilderness.
(c) A rest stop.
(d) A shopping mall.

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

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

10. Where does the storm come from?
(a) Out of nowhere; it literally just appears, to everyone's confusion.
(b) Over the mountains.
(c) Seemingly out of the sea.
(d) Seemingly out of the volcano.

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

12. 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 the food is just too delicious to leave uneaten.
(b) Because he says it would be rude.
(c) Because he hasn't said his hellos.
(d) Because he hasn't had time to present them with gifts.

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

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

15. In his internal dialogue, to what does the consul compare staying at Laruelle's home?
(a) Flying.
(b) Drowning.
(c) A nice, relaxing massage.
(d) Hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small charge do the police accuse the consul of?

2. What does Yvonne tell the consul her hopes for them for the future are?

3. What do Hugh and Yvonne find of the consul's to indicate they are on the right path while looking for him?

4. How could Hugh, the consul, and Yvonne's visit to Laruelle best be described?

5. What prompts Yvonne to start thinking of her own childhood?

(see the answer keys)

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