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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 does Laruelle comment on in regard to the consul's behavior?
(a) His lack of excitement about Yvonne's return.
(b) His amazing wealth.
(c) He fine and beautiful clothes.
(d) His lack of involvement in the town's messy politics.

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

3. What do the police demand from the consul when they confront him?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) Both of these answers are correct.
(c) More money for his time with the whore.
(d) More money for his drinks.

4. What makes the bull fight so unentertaining?
(a) The bull has clearly been drugged.
(b) It is over in fewer than 30 seconds.
(c) There is no music.
(d) The bull refuses to fight.

5. What does Yvonne not want to see at the bull fight?
(a) Poor children.
(b) Fried food.
(c) Her old boyfriend.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yvonne tell the consul her hopes for them for the future are?

2. Who gets on the bus when it stops for a bathroom break?

3. What does Hugh do when he gets to the hotel with Yvonne and the consul?

4. What kind of person do the police accuse the consul of being?

5. What insult does Laruelle unintentionally inflict upon Hugh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why dues Hugh jump into the arena to try to ride the bull?

4. Why is Yvonne really in such a hurry to leave Laruelle's home?

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

6. What does Yvonne see the bull as a symbol of?

7. How does Yvonne ultimately die?

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

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

10. How does the consul ultimately die?

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