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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After some champagne, Arturo's attitude toward the prostitutes is that:
(a) He feels they are uglier than before
(b) He is repulsed by their nationalities
(c) He loves them for their misery
(d) He becomes lifelong friends with them

2. Camilla's apartment is:
(a) Sparkling and organized
(b) Beautifully decorated
(c) Dark and mysterious
(d) Dirty and untidy

3. When Camilla and Arturo go to visit Sammy, Camilla becomes:
(a) Dangerous
(b) Withdrawn
(c) Subservient
(d) Protective

4. Arturo's initial response to Camilla's request is to:
(a) Write a scathing, hurtful letter to Sammy
(b) Throw her out of his apartment
(c) Ignore her and go back to his novel
(d) Write a nice goodbye letter to Sammy

5. What does Arturo listen for on the Marines' broadcast?
(a) He listens for Camilla's name as one of the deceased
(b) He tries to determine whether the quake has ended
(c) He tries to learn if the earthquake has destroyed LA
(d) He listens for news of traffic to LA

6. Why does Arturo tell wild stories of his great heroism after the earthquake?
(a) To impress people with his religious faith
(b) To soothe his deep fear of earthquakes
(c) To create humor in a bad situation
(d) To get some attention from those who were not there

7. What seems to dampen Arturo's newly refreshed religious faith?
(a) He is determined to become famous
(b) His need for money is greater than his need for God
(c) Camilla knocks on his window
(d) His fear over the earthquake subsides

8. Arturo knows he will go to visit Vera. What does he think she will help him with?
(a) He will learn to behave more passionately toward Camilla
(b) He will learn to better hold his alcohol
(c) He will learn all of the tricks she knows about gambling
(d) He learn to be more relaxed around women

9. Whose poetry does Vera quote to Arturo?
(a) Keats
(b) Millay
(c) Frost
(d) Emerson

10. What does Vera think of Arturo's writing?
(a) It is no good
(b) It is brilliant
(c) It is mediocre
(d) She has not read it

11. What refreshment does Vera bring to Arturo?
(a) Soda
(b) Warm milk
(c) Gin
(d) Water

12. How does Arturo try to help Vera?
(a) He gives her drink after drink
(b) He shares about his own loneliness with her
(c) He asks her to dance with him
(d) He tells her it will all be over soon

13. What does Arturo think about the sailors?
(a) That they drink far too much
(b) That even they have what he cannot have
(c) That they are young and foolish
(d) That they live dangerous lives

14. Because Arturo is now rejecting her, Camilla thinks he:
(a) Is in love with Sammy
(b) Has lost his mind
(c) Has another girlfriend
(d) Is a homosexual

15. Finally admitting she is in love with Sammy, Camilla asks Arturo to:
(a) Respect Sammy's wishes to be an author
(b) Write a story about their relationship
(c) Review and critique Sammy's manuscripts
(d) Write a story about Sammy and his cowboy life

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author tell us that Vera is an older woman?

2. What does Arturo observe the group of Protestants doing after the earthquake?

3. Hellfrick helps Arturo:

4. After writing his attack on the Catholic church, Arturo:

5. Arturo calls Camilla a cheap imitation of:

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