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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. Where does Hugh go after he returns home from his sea voyage?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Mexico.

2. Who is one of the few remaining members of the consul's household staff that Yvonne talks to?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The maid.
(c) The driver.
(d) The painter.

3. What does the consul insist fortifies him as much as food?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) The sun.
(c) Women.
(d) Exercise.

4. Who approaches Quincey and the consul while they are talking?
(a) A deranged man.
(b) A wild and rabid dog.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Yvonne.

5. What does Hugh learn about the food on a ship?
(a) That it is often infested with maggots.
(b) That it is just awful.
(c) That it is often infested with rats.
(d) That is it much better than he expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Laruelle first meet the consul?

2. Of what does the consul try to convince Quincey?

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

4. Who shaves the consul while Hugh is over?

5. How old is Hugh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hugh decide to become a reporter?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What advice does the doctor give the consul at Quincy's house?

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