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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rule is Noemí expected to obey during dinner in Chapter 3?
(a) There is no prayer before dinner.
(b) There is no laughing during dinner.
(c) There is no speaking during dinner.
(d) There is no dessert after dinner.

2. How does Noemí describe Howard in Chapter 11?
(a) As a living pustule.
(b) As a living corpse.
(c) As a living horror.
(d) As a living boil.

3. According to Marta in Chapter 6, why is it impossible to cure Catalina?
(a) Because the Doyles are poisoning her.
(b) Because the Doyle family is cursed.
(c) Because Catalina is faking.
(d) Because Catalina does not want to be cured.

4. How did Noemí’s father earn his wealth, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) He owns a weaving business.
(b) He owns a shipping business.
(c) He owns a ceramics business.
(d) He owns a chemical dye business.

5. To what does Noemí compare Francis in Chapter 9?
(a) To a secret admirer.
(b) To a monster.
(c) To a thief in the night.
(d) To a body snatcher.

6. According to Noemí’s father in Chapter 1, what is the primary concern of Catalina’s husband?
(a) Her wealth.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her genetics.
(d) Her happiness.

7. What chore does Florence give Noemí at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Chopping vegetables.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Folding laundry.
(d) Polishing silver.

8. What color light emits from Virgil’s lamp in Chapter 11?
(a) Milky violet.
(b) Milky blue.
(c) Milky orange.
(d) Milky green.

9. Where does Noemí meet Francis in Chapter 10?
(a) The library.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The greenhouse.

10. How old is Francis, as he explains in Chapter 4?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

11. What is Noemí forbidden to do while staying with the Doyles, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Drink alcohol.
(c) Leave her room.
(d) Watch television.

12. At the end of Chapter 6, when does Marta instruct Noemí to return?
(a) In a week.
(b) In an hour.
(c) In a day.
(d) In a month.

13. Thinking of Francis in Chapter 10 leads Noemí to think of what?
(a) An anatomical brain.
(b) An anatomical lung.
(c) An anatomical kidney.
(d) An anatomical heart.

14. Most of the graves in the cemetery date from what year, as revealed in Chapter 4?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1688.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1788.

15. According to Francis in Chapter 10, why did Ruth murder her family?
(a) Her lover made her do it.
(b) She was attempting to aid them.
(c) It was an act of revenge.
(d) High Place drove her crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marta in Chapter 6, how did Florence’s husband die?

2. How does Florence describe Noemí in Chapter 7?

3. What upsets Catalina in Chapter 8?

4. According to Noemí in Chapter 9, what kind of romance does Catalina love?

5. What card game does Noemí think of while speaking with Francis in Chapter 10?

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