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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator think stole the gems from his mother's jewels?
(a) Damiana.
(b) The girl.
(c) The cat.
(d) Rosa.

2. What was the narrator told would flee from his body when he died?
(a) Evil.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Lice.

3. What music is playing when the narrator goes into the room to see the girl after a month apart?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Opera.
(c) Boleros.
(d) Brahm's.

4. How many women does the narrator dance with in the ceremony the night before his wedding?
(a) 22 women.
(b) 12 women.
(c) 10 women.
(d) 20 women.

5. When the narrator insists on seeing the girl again in Chapter 5, Rosa Cabarcas tells him he asks for _____.
(a) Trouble.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Impossible gifts.
(d) Illusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator imagine is helping him clean up from the storm?

2. What is the painting called that the narrator hangs in the girl's room?

3. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?

4. The narrator describes himself as ugly, shy and __________.

5. The man who dies at Rosa's is a famous __________.

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