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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. What does Maria wonder about Ralf after meeting him?

2. Where do Ralf and Maria go the night he is her customer?

3. What does Maria resolve to do in preparation for the next meeting with Ralf?

4. How does Maria feel about her purchase before she is supposed to see Ralf again?

5. How does Maria feel about the place she and Ralf go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Ralf show's Maria when they wake the morning after her experience with the stones.

2. What happens between Maria and Ralf the night before Maria is to fly home?

3. How does Ralf react to Maria discussing her experience with Terence of pleasure in pain?

4. Describe the scene that Maria witnesses between her 2 coworkers.

5. Describe how Terence finds pleasure.

6. Describe how Terence humiliates Maria in their second time together.

7. How does Milan react to Maria spending an evening with Ralf?

8. How does Maria feel about going home after she tells Milan she is quitting?

9. How does Maria feel about her home and Geneva after her first experience with Ralf?

10. What does Ralf begin to represent for Maria after their first connection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Ralf's intentions with Maria with that of Terence's intentions.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Virgin Mary's importance in relation to Maria and her internal struggles. Who does the Virgin Mary represent for Maria?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Maria's life to that of the life of a roller coaster. Why is this a good metaphor for Coelho to have used in support of his comparisons?

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