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

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

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

4. What did Yvonne dream of becoming when she was a child?
(a) A model.
(b) A Hollywood actress.
(c) A fashion designer.
(d) A famous singer.

5. What final reason does Yvonne give about why she wants to leave Laruelle's home?
(a) Because her mother is calling her on her cell phone.
(b) Because she has had a vision and needs to see her son immediately.
(c) Because she wants to see the Day of the Dead festivities.
(d) Because she is not feeling very well.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. Who jumps into the arena during the bullfight?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Quigley.
(c) The consul.
(d) Yvonne.

12. 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 has poor English.
(c) Because she is a bad waitress.
(d) Because she keeps spilling everything.

13. Where do Hugh, Yvonne, and the consul plan to travel by bus?
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Mexico City.
(d) Parian.

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

15. What kinds of people are on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?
(a) Only soldiers and their families.
(b) All kinds.
(c) Only rich people.
(d) Only poor people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his internal dialogue, to what does the consul compare staying at Laruelle's home?

2. How does Yvonne keep herself busy during the bull fight?

3. What does Hugh try to do to the trio's dynamics during the bus ride?

4. How has the consul reacted to Yvonne's childhood dreams?

5. What larger charge do the police accuse the consul?

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