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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 is the second theory Yvonne thinks about regarding the meaning of the word "Quauhnahuac"?
(a) That just uttering the word can give you magical powers.
(b) That it means land of green snakes.
(c) That it means where the eagle stops.
(d) That it means volcano of joy.

2. What happens when the consul arrives at his final destination after speaking with Quincey?
(a) He takes a long, hot bath.
(b) He collapses.
(c) He starts singing.
(d) He finds out he's been robbed.

3. What does the consul continue to point out to Yvonne during their walk home the day she returns?
(a) Sites of great battles that he won.
(b) The many buildings that he owns.
(c) Familiar landmarks.
(d) Places his friends used to live before they all died.

4. Where does the reader learn, in Chapter 1, that Laruelle is planning to go on a journey?
(a) The United States.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) France.

5. Where does Yvonne first find the consul upon her return to Quauhnahuac?
(a) In a school.
(b) In his office.
(c) In a bar.
(d) At home, in bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relative of the consul's still technically lives in town?

2. What does the mailman bring to Laruelle's house while Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul are visiting?

3. How does Yvonne feel when she returns to her home?

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

5. How did the consul feel after Yvonne initially left?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Yvonne admit to Hugh about her plans for the consul?

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

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

7. What does the consul know about any past relationship between Yvonne and Laruelle?

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

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

10. What does Yvonne say to Hugh about armadillos?

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