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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 is mescal?
(a) A drink that is supposed to give you a lot of energy.
(b) A juice made from a cactus flower.
(c) A water with apparent mystical qualities.
(d) A local alcoholic beverage.

2. Which member of the visiting trio stays behind at Laruelle's home?
(a) All of these answers is correct.
(b) Hugh.
(c) The consul.
(d) Yvonne.

3. What did Yvonne dream of becoming when she was a child?
(a) A famous singer.
(b) A model.
(c) A Hollywood actress.
(d) A fashion designer.

4. How does Yvonne feel about attending the bull fight?
(a) She has already bet against the bull and can't wait for the fight.
(b) She doesn't want to.
(c) She just wants to go shopping instead.
(d) She is excited about it.

5. Why do Yvonne and Hugh become upset during dinner?
(a) Because the consul is drinking again.
(b) Because of some unruly patrons at the next table.
(c) Because the consul refuses to speak in English anymore.
(d) Because the waitress keeps messing up their food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yvonne first spy the consul after he fled the hotel restaurant?

2. Who does the consul have sex with on his way up the mountain?

3. What Biblical allusion does the consul use after the trio's bus ride?

4. What do the police demand from the consul when they confront him?

5. Who gets on the bus when it stops for a bathroom break?

Short Essay Questions

1. As he reflects on his life at the hotel, what does the consul think about his happiness?

2. How does the consul respond to the children who beg him for money after he leaves a cantina?

3. What do Laruelle and Hugh have in common from their childhoods?

4. Why does the consul fail to understand why Yvonne and Hugh get so upset during dinner?

5. What is the real reason why the consul wants to stay at Laruelle's house even though Yvonne wants to leave?

6. Why does no one offer to help the man who gets on the bus who has clearly been mugged?

7. How do Hugh and Yvonne pass the afternoon at the hotel with the consul?

8. Why are the movie posters Yvonne sees during her bus ride significant?

9. Why is Yvonne really in such a hurry to leave Laruelle's home?

10. In his drunken rage at the hotel restaurant, what does the consul claim about people being involved in his life?

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