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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. For how many months during the summer in Chapter 7 does Fabian visit Santa Clara daily?

2. At the end of Chapter 9, how long does Vileta say that she was married to Fabian?

3. How old is Violeta when a chief asks for her hand in marriage for one of his sons?

4. What does Fabian's father give him when he and Violeta marry?

5. How old is Miss Josephine Taylor when she comes to be Violeta's governess?

Short Essay Questions

1. How social is Maria Gracia in Chapter 2?

2. How does Maria Gracia die?

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

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

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

6. How does Fabian's family feel about his interest in Violeta?

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

8. Why does Arsenio commit suicide?

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

10. What does Violeta reveal about Marko Kusanovic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violeta begins teaching the poor and indigenous peoples with the Rivases. How does the teaching Violeta does with Lucinda and Abel influence her character and change her outlook?

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

Violeta had little-to-no discipline for the first five years of her life. Why did Violeta have little-to-no discipline for the first five years of her life? Who helped her learn discipline? What did Violeta discover about the benefits of discipline?

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