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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 insult does Laruelle unintentionally inflict upon Hugh?
(a) He thinks he is much younger than he really is.
(b) He calls him by the wrong name.
(c) He thinks he is much older than he really is.
(d) He thinks he is a woman.

2. Why does the visitor arrive at Laruelle's house?
(a) Because he wants to check on the consul.
(b) Because he had to drop off some medicine.
(c) Because he had a doctor's appointment.
(d) Because they have a card game every Wednesday night.

3. Where do the animals ride on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?
(a) No animals are allowed anywhere on this bus.
(b) Both inside and outside.
(c) Inside.
(d) Outside.

4. What makes Yvonne fall (the first time) while searching for the consul in the storm?
(a) Slippery rocks.
(b) A trap he set for her.
(c) A rat she steps on.
(d) A broken ankle.

5. Where does the storm come from?
(a) Seemingly out of the volcano.
(b) Out of nowhere; it literally just appears, to everyone's confusion.
(c) Seemingly out of the sea.
(d) Over the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the police start following the consul?

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

3. How has the consul reacted to Yvonne's childhood dreams?

4. What does Yvonne not want to see at the bull fight?

5. What does the consul read as he continues to head up the mountain after he storms out of his hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does no one offer to help the man who gets on the bus who has clearly been mugged?

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

3. Why does the consul fail to understand why Yvonne and Hugh get so upset during dinner?

4. As he reflects on his life at the hotel, what does the consul think about his happiness?

5. How does the consul ultimately die?

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

7. What causes Yvonne and the consul to feel happy and in love again during the bull fight?

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

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

10. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?

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