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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What does Hugh buy as he and Yvonne are searching for the consul?
(a) An armadillo for Yvonne.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A shotglass for the consul.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does the consul imagine seeing while he listens to Hugh and Yvonne at the hotel?
(a) People from his past.
(b) Demons.
(c) Angels.
(d) Famous people.

14. What prompts Yvonne to start thinking of her own childhood?
(a) A picture she finds in her wallet.
(b) The heat.
(c) A familiar melody she hears on the wind.
(d) A small little girl she sees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Yvonne and Hugh chase the consul after dinner at the hotel?

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

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

4. Where does the consul plan to meet Hugh and Yvonne after all three have been at Laruelle's house?

5. What does the consul continue to do as he heads up the mountain?

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