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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. Which city was Paulo's mental hospital in?
(a) Salvador.
(b) Campinas.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) São Paulo.

2. How does the nurse react to finding Veronika and Zedka talking?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Annoyed.

3. What is wrong with Paulo's father?
(a) He has emphysema.
(b) He has ulcers.
(c) He has diabetes.
(d) He has cancer.

4. Does Zedka agree to help Veronika?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Veronika does not ask for Zedka's help.

5. What does the attending nurse spend most of her time doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Singing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Knitting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which perspective does the novel change to at the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. Which feeling does Veronika experience the most in Chapter 11?

3. How does Veronika feel right before she falls unconscious?

4. What does Veronika do to the leader of The Fraternity?

5. Who is Paulo Coelho?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is The Fraternity and what do they believe in?

2. What does Zedka's treatment consist of?

3. Describe Paulo Coelho's father.

4. Describe the two doctors who give Veronika her diagnosis.

5. What is Veronika's first reaction to waking up in Villete?

6. Describe Veronika's personality.

7. Why does Veronika begin to feel afraid about dying?

8. Why does Dr. Igor become annoyed at Veronika's mother when he is lecturing her?

9. Why does Veronika imagine what her whole life could be?

10. Why did Paulo make two promises to himself after he was let out of the mental institution?

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