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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Saffron.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is transpiring as the tall woman talks to her husband on the phone at her hotel?
(a) Her friend is beginning to make love to her.
(b) Her friend is helping her pack her bags to run away again.
(c) Her friend is sketching her form.
(d) Her friend is playing the guitar for her.

2. How long does it take Manuel to renovate the new apartments?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Three week.

3. With what money does Manuel buy the exotic birds?
(a) Furniture money.
(b) Food money.
(c) Doctor money.
(d) Rent.

4. What does Maria believe about Novalis's new paintings and enthusiasm?
(a) He is ingesting certain drugs.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He is painting only his fantasies.
(d) He is merely replicating his one portrait of her.

5. What does Louis see when he spies on the couple in the house?
(a) The man is performing oral sex on the woman.
(b) The man is making love to the woman.
(c) The woman is being seduced by the man.
(d) The woman is performing oral sex on the man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Manuel unhappy with the rooms he and his wife rent in the beginning of this story?

2. For what reason do Maria and Novalis have their first argument?

3. Describe the man the tall woman meets at her hotel when she leaves her husband in "Sirocco."

4. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?

5. What causes Maria to go into deep sleeps?

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