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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. What have both Hugh and Yvonne been doing over the past year?
(a) Running from the law.
(b) Falling in love with someone else.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Trying to plot against the consul.

2. What does Yvonne initially seem to bring to the consul's life?
(a) Rage.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Hope.

3. Why does the consul briefly consider switching alcohols after he has fallen down?
(a) Because he wants to try Yvonne's favorite drink.
(b) To save money.
(c) Because his favorite movie star drinks it in the movies.
(d) Because of its rumored vitamin properties.

4. What does Hugh learn about the food on a ship?
(a) That it is often infested with maggots.
(b) That it is just awful.
(c) That is it much better than he expected.
(d) That it is often infested with rats.

5. Why did Hugh want to go into music as a career?
(a) Because his mother was a famous Spanish opera singer.
(b) Because his father was a famous musician.
(c) Because his father was a famous producer.
(d) Because he considers himself a musical genius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the novel begin?

2. Who is one of the few remaining members of the consul's household staff that Yvonne talks to?

3. Where does Hugh first see Yvonne?

4. Where has Hugh been living while on assignment?

5. What do Monsieur Laruelle and the doctor discuss about Geoffrey in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the consul not forget during the town's festival?

2. In Chapter 1, why does a crowd of people suddenly flood out of the theater?

3. Why can the consul not translate the Spanish signs when he is lost in town?

4. Why does Hugh feel cheated out of his experience at sea?

5. What advice does the doctor give the consul at Quincy's house?

6. Where is the consul sent to live, as a young boy, after his parents died?

7. How does the consul react to Yvonne's arrival?

8. What two desires torment the consul?

9. How does Hugh react to Yvonne's plans for her and the consul?

10. While the consul is at Quincey's, what telling diagnosis from the doctor reveals just how much of an alcoholic the consul is?

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