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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 much older is Miss Taylor than Jose Antonio?

2. How old was Miss Taylor when she went to live in an orphanage?

3. How often does Miss Taylor go to Anglican services in Chapter 2?

4. How old is Fabian in Chapter 7?

5. Who was Violeta named after?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Violeta write her story for Camilo?

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

3. What happens to the Del Valle finances after the market collapse in October 1929?

4. How does Violeta meet Fabian?

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

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

7. Why does Miss Taylor have surgery in Chapter 3 and how successful is it?

8. How does Violetta describe her Aunt Pilar?

9. When is Violeta born?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violeta ignores politics for a long time. Why does Violeta ignore politics for a long time? What causes her to begin to pay attention to politics? How does she begin to understand the real-life impact of politics?

Essay Topic 2

Violeta discovers that Julian played some part in Torito’s death. Why does Violeta decide to get revenge for Julian’s part in Torito’s death? How does she get revenge?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Allende use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the writing more interesting?

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