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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the sounds of Mexico City take Colonel Freeleigh back to?
(a) Young adulthood
(b) His marriage
(c) Childhood
(d) His retirement

2. What does Aunt Rose buy for Grandma?
(a) Cookbook
(b) Dishes
(c) Pans
(d) Herbs

3. What does Tom use to help determine the weather?
(a) Beetles
(b) Cicadas
(c) Crickets
(d) Fireflies

4. What event helps to resolve the differences between Clara and Elmira?
(a) Illness
(b) Election to the president
(c) Special brew
(d) Fall down the stairs

5. What does Douglas hide from Grandma to help her become a better cook?
(a) Pans
(b) New glasses
(c) Cookbooks
(d) Herbs

6. What is on the first card the wax tarot witch delivers to Douglas?
(a) Superstition
(b) Poem
(c) Prediction
(d) Monologue

7. What does Douglas help his grandfather store?
(a) Cans of food
(b) Bottles of water
(c) Pictures and other momentos
(d) Bottles of dandelion wine

8. What doesn't Grandfather want to talk about?
(a) Colonel Freeleigh
(b) Doom and gloom
(c) Death
(d) Dandelion wine

9. Which of the following characters does Great-grandma summon first?
(a) Douglas
(b) Grandfather
(c) Tom
(d) Father

10. What will be inside the envelope Bill will receive from Helen?
(a) A letter
(b) Pictures
(c) Her will
(d) Money

11. How hot does the thermometer say the house is?
(a) 75
(b) 80
(c) 92
(d) 87

12. What does Bill confess to Helen?
(a) He wanted her to be his mother
(b) He once was in love with her
(c) He wanted her to come over for dinner
(d) He always disliked her

13. What does Tom represent according to Elmira as she takes him with her to the lodge?
(a) Peace
(b) Innocence
(c) Sanity
(d) Eternity

14. Who comes to talk to Douglas about how some people feel things more than others?
(a) Mr. Jonas
(b) John
(c) Father
(d) Great grandfather

15. What does Colonel Freeleigh enjoy listening to?
(a) The Spanish language
(b) Sounds of the city
(c) His friend's Jorge's stories
(d) His wife's voice

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of Elmira's major faults?

2. What does Douglas do with the fireflies at the end of this section?

3. What does Elmira prepare for the election day at the lodge?

4. How old was Helen in the photo Bill found of her in the paper?

5. How does Mr. Jonas do business?

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