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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 day is it when the novel opens?
(a) Easter.
(b) Day of the Dead.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Mexican Independence Day.

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

3. What does Yvonne initially seem to bring to the consul's life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Hope.
(d) Rage.

4. Where does Hugh come to visit Yvonne?
(a) The consul's property.
(b) The library.
(c) The town square.
(d) The cantina she used to hang out at a long time ago.

5. What does the consul constantly hear in his head?
(a) The screeching of a train.
(b) Dogs barking.
(c) His mother.
(d) Voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is selling the animal that Yvonne wants at the brewery?

2. What is unique about the book the bartender returns to Laruelle in Chapter 1?

3. What do Monsieur Laruelle and the doctor discuss about Geoffrey in Chapter 1?

4. What animal do Hugh and Yvonne keep passing during their excursion together?

5. Where did Laruelle first meet the consul?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Yvonne say to Hugh about armadillos?

5. What does Hugh hope has happened to his music career while he was at sea?

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

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

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

9. What actually happens to Hugh's music career while he was at sea?

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

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