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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. Why does the consul fall face-first into the dirt after Yvonne has returned to their home?
(a) Because someone shoots him.
(b) Because someone trips him.
(c) Because he has a bad leg.
(d) Because he is so drunk.

2. With whom does Yvonne first find the consul upon her return to Quauhnahuac?
(a) With his favorite dog, Perrito.
(b) With a woman she doesn't know.
(c) With many of his officers.
(d) With no one -- he is alone.

3. Where are Monsieur Laruelle and the local doctor talking when the novel beings?
(a) In a church.
(b) In a casino.
(c) In the doctor's office.
(d) Walking down the street.

4. What relative of the consul's still technically lives in town?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

5. What is the first theory Yvonne thinks about regarding the meaning of the word "Quauhnahuac"?
(a) That it means cold mountain water.
(b) That it is an ancient word for "fertility."
(c) That it means painted mountain.
(d) That it means where the sun never sets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugh think about himself growing up?

2. For what company does Hugh work?

3. How does the consul's adulthood compare to what he dreamed about as a boy?

4. What event is supposed to happen the first night Yvonne returns to Quauhnahuac?

5. Who is Hugh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can the consul not translate the Spanish signs when he is lost in town?

2. What kind of relationship do Hugh and Yvonne have?

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

4. Why is the consul sent away and stationed in his useless job in the small Mexican town where the novel takes place?

5. Why does Hugh not know about the state of the consul's and Yvonne's marriage?

6. What does the consul think is the source of his visions and hallucinations?

7. In Chapter 1, why does a crowd of people suddenly flood out of the theater?

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

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

10. Why does Hugh feel cheated out of his experience at sea?

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