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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 final reason does Yvonne give about why she wants to leave Laruelle's home?
(a) Because her mother is calling her on her cell phone.
(b) Because she is not feeling very well.
(c) Because she wants to see the Day of the Dead festivities.
(d) Because she has had a vision and needs to see her son immediately.

2. Who jumps into the arena during the bullfight?
(a) The consul.
(b) Yvonne.
(c) Quigley.
(d) Hugh.

3. How does Yvonne feel about attending the bull fight?
(a) She just wants to go shopping instead.
(b) She doesn't want to.
(c) She is excited about it.
(d) She has already bet against the bull and can't wait for the fight.

4. As she and Hugh are chasing the consul, what does she point out always upsets the consul?
(a) Bad waitresses.
(b) Something.
(c) Religion.
(d) Her perfume.

5. How could Hugh, the consul, and Yvonne's visit to Laruelle best be described?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Tense.
(d) Relaxing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the storm come from?

2. What kind of music do Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul listen to during dinner?

3. In his internal dialogue, to what does the consul compare staying at Laruelle's home?

4. What kind of atmosphere does the bus have?

5. As the storm approaches, what does Yvonne claim she would rather do than find her estranged husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the consul's desire for the sun not to set foreshadow?

2. What does Yvonne imagine has burned down as she sees the storm approaching?

3. Why does the consul want the sun to stand still after the bus ride he takes with Yvonne and Hugh?

4. How does the consul respond to the children who beg him for money after he leaves a cantina?

5. How does the increasingly unfavorable weather influence Yvonne's feeling of foreboding?

6. How does the consul ultimately die?

7. As the consul is having sex with the whore, what are the voices in his head telling him?

8. What is the real reason why the consul wants to stay at Laruelle's house even though Yvonne wants to leave?

9. What does Yvonne experience as she falls/dying?

10. What do Laruelle and Hugh have in common from their childhoods?

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