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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. Why did Allende feel guilty about Paula's disease?
(a) For ignoring Paula's pleas for help
(b) For not noticing it earlier
(c) For making fun of her symptoms
(d) For passing on the tendency to get it

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

3. Which of the following did Tata not do after the death of Meme?
(a) Forbade music in the house
(b) Paint all the furniture black
(c) Remarry
(d) Let the songbirds loose

4. Who is Ernesto?
(a) Paula's son
(b) Allende's husband
(c) Paula's stepson
(d) Paula's husband

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allende feel bad about her inability to do?

2. Where was Allende's home at the time?

3. Which one of Allende's brothers was a great scholar?

4. What disease was Paula diagnosed with?

5. Who dies when Allende is very young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the positive and negative effects of Salvador Allende's election to president of Chile?

2. What accommodations have been made for Paula in Allende's home?

3. What is the setting for this section of the book?

4. What was life like for Allende when she, Michael and the children returned to Chile in the 1960s?

5. Who is Tio Ramon?

6. Why is Allende so adamant about pushing the doctors to wean Paula off oxygen?

7. Explain the spiritual connection Allende has with Paula at this time.

8. What was life like for the newly-married Allende and her first husband, Michael?

9. Describe Ernesto's devotion to his wife, Paula.

10. Describe Allende's grandmother, Meme's special gifts.

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