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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Allende, Michael and Paula move to Europe?
(a) Allende and Michael received scholarships to study in Europe
(b) They fell in love with Europe after a vacation there
(c) They want to be closer to family
(d) They want Paula to be raised in Europe

2. What job does Allende have in the early days of her marriage to Michael?
(a) Hair stylist
(b) Bank teller
(c) Millinery salesperson
(d) TV broadcaster

3. Allende meets a _____________ who becomes her lover.
(a) Designer
(b) Musician
(c) Sculptor
(d) Poet

4. Doctors determine that Paula's ________________ needs to be tested.
(a) Nervous system
(b) Muscle strength
(c) Circulatory system
(d) Hormone production

5. What was Allende working on undercover which was exposed by national television?
(a) Political graft
(b) Insurance fraud
(c) Girlie shows
(d) Physician drug abuse

6. Ernesto has a dream where Paula appears and asks him to ________________.
(a) Kill her
(b) Find better doctors
(c) Let her go
(d) Remarry

7. Whose body is Allende called to identify at the morgue?
(a) Her father
(b) Her uncle
(c) Her stepfather
(d) Her brother

8. What does Allende realize after getting the doctors' reports?
(a) Paula will never read this journal
(b) Paula will recover in time
(c) Paula will die soon
(d) Paula will never have children

9. What is the setting for the activity in this section?
(a) France
(b) Venezuela
(c) Puerto Rico
(d) Spain

10. What book does Allende write during this time?
(a) The House that Jack Built
(b) The House of Spirits
(c) The House of Commons
(d) The House of Cards

11. What do Paula's brain scans show?
(a) Full capacity has returned
(b) Traces of activity
(c) Irreversible brain damage
(d) Promising activity

12. What decision does Allende make about Paula after the results of her brain scans?
(a) Contact different doctors
(b) Stop all life support measures
(c) Take her home to San Francisco
(d) Revise her will

13. What is the second book Allende writes during this period?
(a) The Shadow Knows
(b) Love Shadows
(c) Love in the Shadows
(d) Of Love and Shadows

14. Michael needs a new license to practice as _________________ in Venezuela.
(a) An attorney
(b) An engineer
(c) A physician
(d) A surveyor

15. After the military coups in Chile, what was reported about Salvador Allende?
(a) He committed suicide
(b) He left the country
(c) He resigned his office
(d) He is in prison

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not shock Paula's grandmother about her condition now?

2. What lifestyle does Allende adopt when the family returns to Chile?

3. Which of the following does Allende not think about now?

4. What illness do Michael, Paula and Nicolas all have?

5. What does Allende see at her bedside one morning?

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