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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 he has a bad leg.
(c) Because someone trips him.
(d) Because he is so drunk.

2. What is the subject of the book that the bartender returns to Laruelle in Chapter 1?
(a) Romantic poetry.
(b) Elizabethan plays.
(c) Modern art.
(d) Agriculture.

3. When did Laruelle first meet the consul?
(a) During childhood.
(b) Several years ago.
(c) Exactly one year ago today.
(d) Just the other day.

4. What voices are the consul attempting to run from?
(a) The voices of his children.
(b) The voices in his head.
(c) The voices of people yelling at him from windows.
(d) The voices of Yvonne and Hugh, which seem extra loud to him for some reason.

5. How long has Laruelle been in Mexico?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Quincey make of the consul?

2. Where does Hugh go after he returns home from his sea voyage?

3. Why does Yvonne end up not buying the animal she wants at the brewery?

4. What does Hugh think about himself growing up?

5. What does the consul continue to point out to Yvonne during their walk home the day she returns?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What two desires torment the consul?

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

5. What does Yvonne say to Hugh about armadillos?

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

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

8. Why does Hugh feel that his youth is gone?

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

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

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