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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later, how much does Santiago have to raise the amount of money to that he owes?
(a) $500.
(b) $700.
(c) $1000.
(d) $300.

2. What is Juan Julian doing at the end of act 1?
(a) Planning out the steps involved in the ritual.
(b) Stroking Conchita's hair and kissing her shoulder and lips.
(c) Reading from the book.
(d) Talking to Conchita's husband.

3. What was IT a euphemism in this act?
(a) Life.
(b) Sex.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Love.

4. Which of the following describes the types of tasks workers in the factory perform?
(a) Surprising.
(b) Informal.
(c) Distracting.
(d) Repetitive.

5. What keeps Santiago taking chances and losing at gambling?
(a) One time he won big.
(b) Pressure from his half-brother.
(c) Need to prove himself.
(d) Desire for a better life.

6. How do the factory workers respond to Juan's reading?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Anger.
(c) Quiet awe.
(d) Applause.

7. Why does Chechy resent lectors?
(a) He lost money gambling to them.
(b) He thinks he should be the boss.
(c) His wife ran away with one.
(d) He was denied becoming lector.

8. What does Marela eventually do?
(a) Cries.
(b) Refuses to talk.
(c) Yells.
(d) Leaves.

9. What does Juan Julian say the difference between the two places boils down to?
(a) Matter of time.
(b) Matter of water.
(c) Matter of age.
(d) Matter of light.

10. Who do the two characters who are not speaking to each other use to help deliver barbs to each other?
(a) Palomo.
(b) Juan.
(c) Chechy.
(d) Marela.

11. Who performs the burial for Conchita?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her son.

12. Which of the following describes how Juan reads from the book?
(a) Surprise and regret.
(b) Reservation and hesitation.
(c) Anxiety and suppression.
(d) Passion and fervor.

13. What do Conchita and her husband discuss?
(a) The new lector.
(b) Chechy's reaction to Juan.
(c) Marela's new love interest.
(d) Santiago's gambling problem.

14. How does Ofelia react to what Chechy tells him?
(a) She tells him to talk in private.
(b) She dismisses him.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She cries.

15. How does Marela feel as she deals with the Santiago and Ofelia?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angered.
(d) Frustrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an accurate description of the job of lector?

2. What are the workers discussing as their workday ends?

3. What is the lector's role in a Cuban cigar factory?

4. What does Juan Julian compare Tampa to?

5. What realization do Ofelia and Chechy come to about themselves?

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