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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. What does Hugh think about himself growing up?

2. Why did Hugh want to go into music as a career?

3. Where does Hugh first see Yvonne?

4. Who approaches Quincey and the consul while they are talking?

5. What does Yvonne do once she arrives back at the consul's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the consul know must happen for him to keep Yvonne?

3. How does Yvonne react to seeing the consul when she returns to Quauhnahuac?

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

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

6. What two desires torment the consul?

7. Why does the town doctor refuse to treat the consul?

8. What does the consul think and say about Yvonne's looks to her?

9. What does the consul begin to think about Yvonne after her bath?

10. What does Laruelle observe about the consul's adoptive family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using Laruelle, Yvonne, or the consul as an example, discuss at least three ways that a character's flashbacks to his or her childhood lets the reader understand more about a character. Use direct evidence from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Given what you know about Malcolm Lowry, write an argument about how "Under the Volcano" is semi-autobiographical. Make sure to use facts from Lowry's life as well as direct evidence from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss three things that Yvonne's passion for and knowledge of astronomy symbolizes in "Under the Volcano."

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