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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 of the following places does John Grady not go in search of Magdalena after she does not arrive with the driver he hired to help her escape the White Lake?
(a) The White Lake.
(b) Calle de Noche Triste.
(c) The Moderno.
(d) The Venada.

2. Who helps Magdalena when she has a seizure while she is with a customer in Chapter 3?
(a) Tiburcio.
(b) Eduardo.
(c) Billy.
(d) John Grady.

3. What does John Grady do just before going to meet the blind piano player in Chapter 3?
(a) Gets a haircut.
(b) Gets his shoe shined.
(c) Pawns his watch.
(d) Has dinner.

4. What does John Grady wrap around his arm during his knife fight with Eduardo?
(a) A pair of pants.
(b) Magdalena's scarf.
(c) His slicker.
(d) A blanket.

5. Who confronts Magdalena about whether or not John Grady knows she is sick in Chapter 3?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Tiburcio.
(c) Mac.
(d) Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Billy split with a stranger in the Epilogue?

2. Where is John Grady's second severe cut at on his body during his knife fight with Eduardo?

3. Where is the first bad gash John Grady suffers during the knife fight with Eduardo?

4. What does the stranger Billy meets in the Epilogue say he was traveling through in a dream?

5. Who does Magdalena find waiting for her after getting into a car she believed was sent by John Grady in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Magdalena end up in a hospital?

2. How is Billy's work with a family at the end of the book described?

3. How does Billy survive when he travels to New Mexico in the epilogue?

4. How is Eduardo killed?

5. How is the dream of a stranger described to Billy in the epilogue?

6. How does John Grady describe Magdalena's escape plan to her?

7. How is John Grady and Eduardo's knife fight described?

8. What is the nature of Billy's conversation with a police officer after discovering Magdalena was dead?

9. How does John Grady discover that Magdalena has died?

10. How are Billy's actions described when he goes to the White Lake after Magdalena's death?

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