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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. Who delivers Noemí’s breakfast at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Catalina.
(c) Francis.
(d) Florence.

2. In what city does Noemí and her family live, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Guadalajara.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Ecatepec.
(d) Puebla City.

3. What does Howard ask Virgil to show Noemí in Chapter 7?
(a) The greenhouse.
(b) The conservatory.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The library.

4. Which family member has a marble statue in the cemetery, as Noemí discovers in Chapter 4?
(a) Alice.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Anne.
(d) Abigail.

5. In what town does Catalina now live, as revealed in Chapter 1?
(a) Cuetzalan.
(b) El Triunfo.
(c) Bacalar.
(d) Izamal.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Noemí compare Francis in Chapter 9?

2. According to Virgil in Chapter 8, who loved the greenhouse?

3. According to Francis at the end of Chapter 12, what was it impossible to do?

4. What opportunity has Noemí missed at the end of Chapter 9?

5. What is the name of the Doyle family patriarch, as revealed in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Catalina ask of Noemí in Chapter 5? What does Catalina warn Noemí?

2. What does the reader learn about El Triunfo in Chapter 2?

3. Who is Dr. Cummins and what does he tell Noemí in Chapter 5?

4. What does Noemí think about Francis, as revealed in Chapter 10?

5. Who were Agnes and Alice, and what does Noemí learn about them in Chapter 7?

6. What does Noemí learn from Francis in Chapter 4?

7. What bad dream does Noemí experience in Chapter 11?

8. Who was Benito? What does Noemí learn about him in Chapter 12?

9. What does Marta reveal about the construction of High Place in Chapter 12?

10. What warnings does Florence give to Noemí at the end of Chapter 10?

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