View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Marko Kusanovic when he emigrated from Croatia?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

2. How large is the largest group of students the Rivases are able to gather in some settlements?
(a) 10.
(b) A dozen.
(c) 15.
(d) Half dozen.

3. How old is the surgeon who operates on Miss Taylor's tumor?
(a) 68.
(b) Around 60.
(c) 72.
(d) About 70.

4. In Chapter 4, how much does Miss Taylor weigh?
(a) 105 pounds.
(b) 95 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 110 pounds.

5. In Chapter 1, when soldiers disperse a crowd led by two bishops to San Cerro Pedro Chapel, how many are left dead in the street?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In normal times, how many afternoons a month are the maids, cook, and washing woman off?

2. When do Fabian and Violeta marry?

3. In Chapter 3, for how long does Miss Taylor struggle with a distressed digestive system?

4. In Chapter 6 when Torito is arrested, what injuries does he sustain?

5. What does Fabian's father own?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Taylor meet Teresa Rivas?

2. What happens to a man who tries to rape Violeta in Chapter 6?

3. What conversation does Violeta have with her aunts about Fabian?

4. What does Violeta say about Fabian and their marriage?

5. Where do the Del Valle's go after Arsenio kills himself and they lose everything?

6. Who is Miss Taylor and how does she deal with Violeta's temper tantrums?

7. Why does the Spanish flu not take Arsenio Del Valle by surprise?

8. How does Violeta meet Fabian?

9. What is the only way out of a marriage in the 1940s?

10. How does Violetta describe her Aunt Pilar?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 793 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample