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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where is La Condesa headed?

2. What was the nature of Herr Heinrich Lutz business in Mexico?

3. What is Herr Wilibald Graf's role?

4. With whom is Herr Wilibald Graf traveling?

5. David Scott and Jenny Brown are _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What unpleasant task does Dr. Schumann have to do now that the ship is in port?

2. What is the setting for the novel?

3. What changes the mood of the passengers when they return to the ship in Havana, Cuba?

4. Describe the impression that La Condesa makes on the ship's passengers.

5. How do the local people view the departing travelers?

6. How does Mrs. Treadwell bide her time on the ship waiting to return to Paris?

7. How does the author begin the novel?

8. Which passengers debark when the ship docks at Vigo?

9. Who are the Baumgartners?

10. Describe the burgeoning relationship between Dr. Schumann and La Condesa.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freytag thinks to himself, "That easy way out was not for him. His way out was clear--the road ran all the way in, and through, and out again on the other side; all he had to do was to keep going, and not lose his head, and not let Jew or Christian bedevil him into losing his temper and playing into their hands." What literary technique is used in this example? What is Freytag saying?

Essay Topic 2

The author writes about Herr Hutten in this way: "Her husband sat like something molded in sand, his expression that of a strong innocent man gazing into a pit of cobras." What literary technique is used in this example? What is the author trying to say about Herr Hutten?

Essay Topic 3

It is clear that the passengers have many differences. Cite some of them. Now cite some of the similarities that the passengers have that are common to all people.

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