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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. What branch of military service did the consul once serve in?
(a) The British army.
(b) The German army.
(c) The British navy.
(d) The German navy.

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

3. What kind of animal does Yvonne try to buy at the brewery?
(a) A parrot.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A kitten.
(d) An armadillo.

4. How does Yvonne feel about the item that the mailman brings to Laruelle's house while she is over?
(a) She doesn't really care one way or the other.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Awkward.

5. What are the women doing that the consul draws Yvonne's attention to when she first sees him again?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Playing dominoes.
(c) Weaving a beautiful tapestry.
(d) Trying to sell fresh bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the consul compare his nerves to when he doesn't have alcohol?

2. Why did Hugh want to go into music as a career?

3. Who is the man who helps the consul up right after he falls face-first into the dirt after Yvonne has returned to their home?

4. Who invites Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul into his house after they all leave together?

5. What day is it when the novel opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. While the consul is at Quincey's, what telling diagnosis from the doctor reveals just how much of an alcoholic the consul is?

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

3. Why is the consul afraid of the doctor when he approaches him at Quincey's?

4. What does Laruelle observe about the consul's adoptive family?

5. Where is the consul sent to live, as a young boy, after his parents died?

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

7. What plans does Hugh confess to Yvonne during their walk?

8. What does the consul know must happen for him to keep Yvonne?

9. Why is the letter significant that the mailman brings, from Yvonne to Laruelle, while Yvonne is there with Hugh and the consul?

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

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