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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Yvonne been gone before she returns to Quauhnahuac?

2. What does the mailman bring to Laruelle's house while Yvonne, Hugh, and the consul are visiting?

3. What do Monsieur Laruelle and the doctor discuss about Geoffrey in Chapter 1?

4. What does the consul compare his nerves to when he doesn't have alcohol?

5. What does Yvonne drink in the brewery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Laruelle observe about the consul's adoptive family?

2. Why does Hugh feel that his youth is gone?

3. How does the consul deal with his adoptive family's behavior?

4. What plans does Hugh confess to Yvonne during their walk?

5. Why is the letter significant that the mailman brings, from Yvonne to Laruelle, while Yvonne is there with Hugh and the consul?

6. Where is the consul sent to live, as a young boy, after his parents died?

7. What does the consul know about any past relationship between Yvonne and Laruelle?

8. What does Yvonne say to Hugh about armadillos?

9. While the consul is at Quincey's, what telling diagnosis from the doctor reveals just how much of an alcoholic the consul is?

10. What does the consul know must happen for him to keep Yvonne?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What ultimately kills the consul? Make sure to use direct, specific evidence from the text to support your strongly written thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Using Laruelle, Yvonne, or the consul as an example, discuss at least three ways that a character's flashbacks to his or her childhood lets the reader understand more about a character. Use direct evidence from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lowry choose to have Yvonne and the consul appear to reconcile and mend their relationship at the bull fight? What message is he trying to convey about each character through this event?

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