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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drinks mescal at the hotel?
(a) No one -- it is too expensive.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Yvonne.
(d) The consul.

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

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

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

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

6. What larger charge do the police accuse the consul?
(a) Being a known criminal.
(b) Murder.
(c) Rape.
(d) Armed robbery.

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

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

9. How does Yvonne keep herself busy during the bull fight?
(a) She powders her nose.
(b) She works on her stitching.
(c) She pretends to be fixing her dress.
(d) She pretends to fall and need to go to the doctor.

10. As she and Hugh are chasing the consul, what does she point out always upsets the consul?
(a) Something.
(b) Her perfume.
(c) Bad waitresses.
(d) Religion.

11. Where does Yvonne first spy the consul after he fled the hotel restaurant?
(a) In the distance.
(b) On a bus.
(c) On the very peak of the mountain.
(d) Being carried off by the police.

12. Where do Hugh and Yvonne keep checking for the consul?
(a) Cantinas.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Police stations.
(d) Churches.

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

14. What small charge do the police accuse the consul of?
(a) Stealing a horse.
(b) Trying to bribe them.
(c) Fleeing.
(d) Tricking the local government into giving him money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of feeling does Yvonne have while searching for the consul in the storm?

2. Where do the animals ride on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?

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

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

5. What do the police demand from the consul when they confront him?

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