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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 Yvonne not want to see at the bull fight?

2. As the storm approaches, what does Yvonne claim she would rather do than find her estranged husband?

3. How does Yvonne keep herself busy during the bull fight?

4. What does Hugh do when he gets to the hotel with Yvonne and the consul?

5. What larger charge do the police accuse the consul?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the consul ultimately die?

2. How does the increasingly unfavorable weather influence Yvonne's feeling of foreboding?

3. What about Yvonne's letter depresses the consul as he is heading up the mountain?

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

5. Why does the consul want the sun to stand still after the bus ride he takes with Yvonne and Hugh?

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

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

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

9. What causes Yvonne and the consul to feel happy and in love again during the bull fight?

10. What does Laruelle point out to the consul about why his lack of excitement about Yvonne's return is ironic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss at least three literary devices Lowry uses to convey that the novel is reaching its climax. Make sure to use direct evidence from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Laruelle and the consul.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze three of the consul's hallucinations and discuss 1) what each shows the reader about the consul's declining health as well as 2) at least one literary device Lowry uses in each hallucinatory episode to convey what is happening, in the consul's mind, to the reader.

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