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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the nights in December, what does the narrator detect in the air?
(a) A breeze.
(b) Love.
(c) Fire.
(d) Death.

2. Who would chaperone the narrator's evenings with his fiancé?
(a) His mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

3. Who carved the narrator's writing desk?
(a) Himself.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His father.

4. Beside searching the streets and hospitals, where else does the narrator look for the girl?
(a) A shirt factory.
(b) The docks.
(c) Other brothels.
(d) The morgue.

5. What does the narrator do in a desperate attempt the pass the time while the girl is missing?
(a) Crochet.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cook.
(d) Walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator do after he destroys the girls room?

2. What does the narrator imagine the girl asking him about at breakfast?

3. How many sheets of paper does the narrator always keep on his desk for writing his column?

4. One night a man dies of ________ at Rosa Cabarcas' house.

5. What does the storm destroy at the narrator's house?

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