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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earthquake, Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Professor Saavedra say about Sol in the carriage ride home that Julian remembers later that night?
(a) "What a nice girl."
(b) "She looks like her mother, doesn't she?"
(c) "You both looked fine dancing together."
(d) "She is beautiful, isn't she?"

2. What is Julian happy to find in the room he rents in Guatemala City?
(a) Food.
(b) A good reading lamp.
(c) A real mattress.
(d) A sink.

3. What does Sol's nanny say she must do to prepare for her visit to the shrine of St. Rita?
(a) Fast after midnight.
(b) Drink wine.
(c) Curl her hair.
(d) Eat heartily.

4. Who is Gabriela?
(a) Robios' sister.
(b) Saavedra's niece.
(c) Don Manuel's daughter.
(d) Julian's cousin.

5. What is the name of the steamship Julian is on at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Spanish Wayfarer.
(b) El Futuro.
(c) The ship of time.
(d) El Nina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sol writing in when the reader first meets her?

2. What does Sol have to climb when she visits St. Rita?

3. What kind of courses does Julian teach part-time in Chapter 7?

4. What is the name of Sol's nanny?

5. What is bothering Saavedra about his formal wear as he goes to Don Manuel's party?

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