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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. How does the revolts and unrest seem to affect the town where Eva lives?
(a) It does not really affect them.
(b) It causes mass exodus to the cities.
(c) It is causing a lot of people to move to her town.
(d) It is leaving them helpless to the rioters.

2. Who intervenes to keep Rolf out of trouble in the last chapter of the story?
(a) Senor Aravena.
(b) Colonel Rodriquez.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Huberto.

3. What makes Eva see that Huberto is a terrorist?
(a) The killing of two policemen she knows.
(b) The bombing of the capital building.
(c) Wanted signs posted around the city.
(d) Mimi tells her.

4. What seems to transform Huberto in Chapter 7?
(a) The love he has for his men.
(b) The love he has for the general.
(c) His fear of tyranny.
(d) His passion for justice.

5. How does Eva end the book?
(a) Sharing details of her wedding to Rolf.
(b) Telling how the government was overrun.
(c) Discussing her childhood.
(d) Telling stories with many potential endings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the doctors suggest to help Zulema in Chapter 8?

2. What does Huberto have Eva promise him about their relationship?

3. What from Eva's past comes in handy in breaking the guerrillas out of prison?

4. What has caused Zulema's death in Chapter 8?

5. Why is it difficult for Eva to understand why Mimi wants to be a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the town respond to the lieutenant's treatment of and suspicion of Eva?

2. Overall, how would you say Eva has handled her misfortunes in life?

3. What revelations does Eva come to about Huberto that temporarily leave her angry with him?

4. How does Eva handle Colonel Rodriquez's interest in her in Chapter 10?

5. How does the government respond to Rolf's film of the brutal murder of guerrilla prisoners?

6. How has life changed for Melesio in Chapter 9?

7. How does Eva find Madrina and what does she try to do for her?

8. What is Eva's relationship with Rolf like at the close of the story?

9. What role do women in this story play in Eva's life?

10. What does Eva learn when she stops in at Agua Santa on her way to Santa Maria?

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