View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator scream at Morel to humiliate him?

2. Who does the narrator design his flower bed to look like?

3. How does Morel say the photograph is different from other photographs?

4. Why does the narrator decide against killing himself?

5. What does the woman watch every afternoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the story's supernatural and fantasy elements? How does Casares use fantasy and supernatural elements to create meaning?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator's paranoia affect his decision making? What does the narrator's paranoia say about the affects of solitude?

Essay Topic 3

In what way are Casares' views and the way he lived life an important part of what happens on the novel?

Discuss whether it is right or wrong for an author's persona to become such an important part of a story.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 215 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample