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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's students nicknamed him Professor ___________.
(a) Gloomy Hills.
(b) Moron.
(c) No Name.
(d) Fancy Pants.

2. How old was the narrator when he went to the doctor about back pain?
(a) 42 years old.
(b) 52 years old.
(c) 62 years old.
(d) 72 years old.

3. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?
(a) Sports.
(b) Crime.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Cable.

4. Where does the narrator think condemned souls go?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Havana.

5. Where does the girl work during the day?
(a) Home.
(b) Factory.
(c) Store.
(d) Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the narrator's birthday column?

2. What was the narrator told would flee from his body when he died?

3. What does the narrator's mother hope he will name a daughter someday?

4. How old is the girl that Rosa Cabarcas finds?

5. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the current occupation of the narrator?

2. What is the only long term relationship in the narrator's life?

3. How does Rosa treat the narrator when he comes to meet the girl?

4. How does the narrator describe his writing desk?

5. What happens when the narrator goes to turn in his resignation at the newspaper?

6. What request did the narrator's mother make on her deathbed?

7. How does the narrator describe the editor of the newspaper?

8. Describe how the narrator almost married once.

9. Why does the narrator not consummate his first visit with the girl?

10. What do the narrator and Rosa Cabarcas discuss in phone calls the day following his first night with the girl?

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