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

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

3. What prompts Yvonne to start thinking of her own childhood?
(a) The heat.
(b) A picture she finds in her wallet.
(c) A small little girl she sees.
(d) A familiar melody she hears on the wind.

4. Where do the police begin to take the consul?
(a) A castle where they torture people.
(b) A ship where he will be sent to another country.
(c) Prison.
(d) The courthouse.

5. What did Yvonne dream of becoming when she was a child?
(a) A fashion designer.
(b) A model.
(c) A Hollywood actress.
(d) A famous singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drinks mescal at the hotel?

2. What does the consul think about Yvonne as he storms out of the hotel restaurant?

3. Where does the bus stop for a bathroom break?

4. How does the consul leave the hotel restaurant?

5. What reason does the consul give about why they should not leave Laruelle's home so soon after they arrived (as Yvonne proposes)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the consul ultimately die?

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

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