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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 Hugh buy as he and Yvonne are searching for the consul?
(a) An armadillo for Yvonne.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A shotglass for the consul.

2. How does Hugh react to Yvonne's request to leave Laruelle's home?
(a) He wants to stay.
(b) He ignores her requests.
(c) He wants to accompany her out.
(d) He slaps her in an attempt to establish his authority.

3. What does Lowry describe the train (that the bus passes) as doing during its rest in the landscape?
(a) Snoring.
(b) Stalking.
(c) Burning.
(d) Dripping.

4. Who does Yvonne think is to blame for the upset at dinner at the hotel?
(a) The waitress.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Not Hugh.
(d) Not the consul.

5. What do Hugh and Yvonne find of the consul's to indicate they are on the right path while looking for him?
(a) His glasses.
(b) A receipt.
(c) An empty bottle of his favorite beer.
(d) One of his shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the storm come from?

2. What does the consul imagine seeing while he listens to Hugh and Yvonne at the hotel?

3. Where do the animals ride on the bus that Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul take together?

4. What do the police demand from the consul when they confront him?

5. Where do Yvonne and Hugh chase the consul after dinner at the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?

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

3. How do Hugh and Yvonne pass the afternoon at the hotel with the consul?

4. Why are the movie posters Yvonne sees during her bus ride significant?

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

6. How does the consul ultimately die?

7. Why do the police accuse the consul of being a communist?

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

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

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

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