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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Virgil in Chapter 22, what does the Doyle family attempt to do to their bloodline?
(a) Keep it virtuous.
(b) Keep it innocent.
(c) Keep it clean.
(d) Keep it elegant.

2. What words are uttered by the man in Noemí’s dream in Chapter 14?
(a) Faith, overcome.
(b) Birth, overcome.
(c) Life, overcome.
(d) Death, overcome.

3. What is the second reason Virgil is displeased with Noemí in Chapter 15?
(a) For spending so much time with Francis.
(b) For shattering a pot in the greenhouse.
(c) For visiting the cemetery.
(d) For speaking with Marta.

4. What erupts from the ceiling as Noemí is bathing in Chapter 17?
(a) The woman without a face.
(b) A blossom of golden mold.
(c) A mushroom emerging from an egg.
(d) A snake devouring its tail.

5. How does Virgil explain Noemí’s report of moving mold in Chapter 18?
(a) By saying she is tired.
(b) By saying she is right.
(c) By saying she is ill.
(d) By saying she is lying.

6. According to Virgil in Chapter 15, why did he marry Catalina?
(a) To get closer to Noemí.
(b) To access her money.
(c) To please his dying father.
(d) Because he was madly in love with her.

7. According to Ruth in Chapter 23, what exists in the blood of those connected to High Place?
(a) A compulsion.
(b) An obsession.
(c) An oppression.
(d) A temptation.

8. According to Noemí in Chapter 23, what is Francis not?
(a) A hothouse chrysanthemum.
(b) A hothouse rose.
(c) A hothouse orchid.
(d) A hothouse geranium.

9. To what does the woman give birth in Chapter 14?
(a) An egg-shaped lump.
(b) A mushroom-shaped lump.
(c) A block-shaped lump.
(d) A snake-shaped lump.

10. What weather event occurs at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Blinding fog.
(b) Heavy snow.
(c) Freezing ice.
(d) Torrential rain.

11. What doubt does Florence express at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) That Howard would let Noemí leave.
(b) That Howard would let Noemí live.
(c) That Howard would let Francis go free.
(d) That Howard would let Francis have Noemí.

12. How does Francis describe Howard in Chapter 16?
(a) As a villain.
(b) As the devil.
(c) As misunderstood.
(d) As a monster.

13. What word is inscribed on the statue of Agnes, as Noemí discovers in Chapter 14?
(a) Soul.
(b) Duty.
(c) Mother.
(d) Heart.

14. What plan does Virgil announce during dinner in Chapter 19?
(a) To reopen the silver mine.
(b) To divorce Catalina.
(c) To take a second wife.
(d) To leave High Place.

15. According to Virgil in Chapter 22, why had the Doyles lost their family fortune?
(a) Because of Howard's illness.
(b) Because of the mushroom.
(c) Because of the epidemic.
(d) Because of the Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about Noemí’s marriage to Francis in Chapter 24?

2. What is the man in Noemí’s dream in Chapter 14 wearing?

3. What does Noemí wear to dinner in Chapter 19?

4. What is the first reason Virgil is displeased with Noemí in Chapter 15?

5. According to Virgil in Chapter 18, why is it impossible for Noemí to immediately leave High Place?

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