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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What myth does Noemí read in Chapter 18?
(a) The myth of Medusa.
(b) The myth of Cassandra.
(c) The myth of Pandora.
(d) The myth of Persephone.

2. How does Catalina describe the page she gives to Noemí in Chapter 16?
(a) As a sign.
(b) As proof.
(c) As help.
(d) As relief.

3. What is notable about Noemí’s marriage to Francis in Chapter 24?
(a) The celebration is held after the ceremony.
(b) The celebration is held at the same time as the ceremony.
(c) The celebration is held before the ceremony.
(d) There is neither a celebration nor a ceremony.

4. How do the Doyles appear to regard dinner in Chapter 19?
(a) As a depressing moment.
(b) As a solemn moment.
(c) As a formal moment.
(d) As a celebratory moment.

5. According to Virgil in Chapter 13, what is of the utmost importance?
(a) His own health.
(b) Noemí's health.
(c) Howard's health.
(d) Catalina’s health.

6. What phrase does Noemí explain the origins of in Chapter 16?
(a) Losing one’s marbles.
(b) Mad as a hatter.
(c) Bats in the belfry.
(d) Stark raving mad.

7. During the dinner in Chapter 24, Noemí is reminded of what sort of story?
(a) A Shakespearean comedy.
(b) A Greek tragedy.
(c) A Gothic novel.
(d) A fairy tale.

8. What does Francis want Noemí to do in Chapter 14?
(a) Leave High Place.
(b) Speak with Marta.
(c) Kill Virgil.
(d) Marry him.

9. According to Francis in Chapter 14, High Place was not made for what?
(a) Health.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Serenity.

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

11. Why does Noemí refuse to eat breakfast in Chapter 21?
(a) She hears a voice warning her not to eat.
(b) She fears the food has been poisoned.
(c) She feels sick to her stomach.
(d) She watches someone tamper with it.

12. What does Florence call Noemí in Chapter 23?
(a) A misfit.
(b) An outcast.
(c) An outsider.
(d) An interloper.

13. What does Noemí learn about Dr. Cummins in Chapter 22?
(a) He is a slave of the Doyles.
(b) He is the master of the Doyles.
(c) He is the servant of the Doyles.
(d) He is a relative of the Doyles.

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

15. Who appears to be the author of the page given to Noemí in Chapter 16?
(a) Alice.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consciousness that contains ancestral memories, as revealed by Francis in Chapter 20?

2. To what does the woman give birth in Chapter 14?

3. According to Virgil in Chapter 15, how did Catalina first see him?

4. According to Virgil in Chapter 22, why had the Doyles lost their family fortune?

5. What does Ruth say to Noemí at the end of Chapter 22?

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