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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom does Allende have a frightening dream?
(a) Paula
(b) William
(c) Ernesto
(d) Meme

2. What was the family joke about Allende?
(a) If her mother took the right child from the hospital
(b) She walked like a duck
(c) Her ears are so big
(d) She squeaked when she laughed

3. Where is Paula located when Allende visits her?
(a) An apartment in Paris
(b) A flat in London
(c) A movie studio in Los Angeles
(d) A hospital in Spain

4. In what business did Tata and his sons work?
(a) Wool
(b) Banking
(c) Coffee
(d) Pottery

5. What book did Allende read on the sly when her parents were out?
(a) Peyton Place
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) A Thousand and One Nights
(d) The Joy of Sex

6. What is the title of Allende's most recent book at the time?
(a) Infinity Never Ends
(b) The Ultimate Plan
(c) To Infinity and Beyond
(d) The Infinite Plan

7. Who lures Allende into the woods for inappropriate reasons?
(a) A local fisherman
(b) A traveling salesman
(c) A cab driver
(d) A policeman

8. Why does Allende decide to write down her history and stories?
(a) To create a new book
(b) To help Paula reorient herself when she recovers
(c) To teach a writing class
(d) To give to the historical society

9. Where did Allende paint murals?
(a) At a cafe
(b) At her school
(c) At a social club
(d) On her bedroom walls

10. What does Tata believe that Allende is lacking?
(a) Clothes
(b) Education
(c) Manners
(d) Money

11. Allende bases a character in which of her books on her grandmother?
(a) Daughter of Fortune
(b) The Infinite Plan
(c) Zorro
(d) The House of Spirits

12. To what city do Allende, her mother and brothers follow Tio Ramon when he is transferred?
(a) Berlin
(b) Bogota
(c) Beirut
(d) Boston

13. What was Pablo's passion?
(a) Sculpting
(b) Reading
(c) Meditating
(d) Cooking

14. Allende believes she has received a premonition about _____________________.
(a) Her next book
(b) Her mother's marriage
(c) Tata's death
(d) Paula's death

15. How often is Allende allowed to see her daughter?
(a) Twice a day
(b) There are no restrictions
(c) Every hour
(d) Once a day

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Allende informed that her daughter was ill?

2. How old was Allende when she met her current husband, Willie?

3. In what city do Allende, her mother and brothers live with Tio Ramon while he works at the Chilean embassy?

4. How old was Allende's mother when she had Allende?

5. Who was actually the policeman that Tio Ramon brought to the house to scare the children after they took chocolates?

(see the answer keys)

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