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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the consul remember his childhood?
(a) With rage.
(b) With terror.
(c) With nostalgia.
(d) With neither happiness nor sadness.

2. Why does the consul briefly consider switching alcohols after he has fallen down?
(a) Because his favorite movie star drinks it in the movies.
(b) Because he wants to try Yvonne's favorite drink.
(c) Because of its rumored vitamin properties.
(d) To save money.

3. What happened to the consul before he could track down his wife on the night she left him?
(a) He broke his ankle.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) The government was overthrown.
(d) He passed out.

4. What large gift does Yvonne bring to the consul upon her return?
(a) A very large statue of himself in military dress.
(b) A very large statute of herself in a beautiful gown.
(c) A very large statue of the child that they had that died.
(d) This is a trick question -- she doesn't bring him a large gift.

5. What interrupts Yvonne and the consul's first conversation upon her return to Quauhnahuac?
(a) An annoying housemaid.
(b) Musicians outside the bedroom window.
(c) Other people yelling.
(d) The sound of sirens going by.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Hugh?

2. Where does Yvonne want to go after visiting the consul?

3. Where does the novel begin?

4. What does the consul remember after he leaves Quincey's house?

5. What kind of animal does Yvonne try to buy at the brewery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the consul think and say about Yvonne's looks to her?

2. Why does most of the consul's household staff leave him during his estranged wife's absence?

3. When Yvonne has finally returned to their home, why does the consul initially think that she won't mind his drinking?

4. How does Yvonne react to seeing the consul when she returns to Quauhnahuac?

5. How does the consul deal with his adoptive family's behavior?

6. What does the consul do when his estranged wife goes to take a bath?

7. What two desires torment the consul?

8. What does the consul begin to think about Yvonne after her bath?

9. How does Hugh react to Yvonne's plans for her and the consul?

10. What can the consul not forget during the town's festival?

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