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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 type of dogs do Violeta's family have in Chapter 2?
(a) Mastiffs.
(b) German shepherds.
(c) Great Pyrenees.
(d) Great Danes.

2. Who did Arsenio support besides his wife and children?
(a) His mother and two sisters.
(b) His mother and a sister.
(c) Mother-in-law and two sisters-in-law.
(d) Mother-in-law and a sister-in-law.

3. What is the name of Teresa's brother?
(a) Juan.
(b) Roberto.
(c) Diego.
(d) Alejandro.

4. What happened the year Jose Antonio was born?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Monsoons.
(d) Earthquake.

5. In Chapter 5, how long after the fall of the government does Arsenio learn that he and his family are being evicted from Camellia House?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Marko Kusanovic when he emigrated from Croatia?

2. How old is Violeta when her father dies?

3. Where did Marko Kusanovic emigrate from in the late 1800s?

4. How old is the surgeon who operates on Miss Taylor's tumor?

5. How old is Violeta when she meets Julian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the only way out of a marriage in the 1940s?

2. When is Violeta born?

3. What is Miss Taylor's story?

4. Why does Arsenio commit suicide?

5. What does Violeta say about Fabian and their marriage?

6. How does Violeta meet Fabian?

7. Who is Miss Taylor and how does she deal with Violeta's temper tantrums?

8. How does Maria Gracia die?

9. What happens to a man who tries to rape Violeta in Chapter 6?

10. Why does the Spanish flu not take Arsenio Del Valle by surprise?

(see the answer keys)

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