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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. What subjects did the narrator teach?
(a) Grammar and Reading.
(b) French and Italian.
(c) Latin and Spanish.
(d) Math and Statistics.

2. How old is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper?
(a) 29 years old.
(b) 39 years old.
(c) 33 years old.
(d) 43 years old.

3. What does the narrator put in his morning coffee?
(a) Milk.
(b) Cream.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Honey.

4. What kind of tile does the narrator's house have?
(a) Florentine.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Parisian.
(d) Mayan.

5. What day does the narrator's column appear in the paper?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do for the first time with a woman the night he meets the girl?

3. What book helped the narrator understand his mother's mood?

4. How old was the narrator when he started living in the house alone?

5. Who is the editor-in-chief talking to when the narrator goes into his office as requested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on the narrator's taxi ride to the brothel the first time he goes to see the girl?

2. What evidence does the narrator give of his healthy sex life?

3. What is the narrator's experience like when he goes to the animal shelter to pick up his cat?

4. Describe how the narrator almost married once.

5. What is the current occupation of the narrator?

6. What was the contrast between the narrator's sex life and his regular life?

7. What kind of gifts does the narrator get from the newspaper staff for his birthday?

8. What is the narrator's first experience like with the girl?

9. Why won't the editor let the narrator resign from writing his column?

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

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