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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, claim to have predicted?

2. Who does Rosaura claim made a false identification for her?

3. What does Mrs. Milagros worry about taking to the wedding?

4. Who narrates Part I, Chapter 10?

5. What does the investigator ask Mrs. Milagros?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reguel describe Mrs. Milagros and the other boarders?

2. What kind of relationship develops between Rosaura and David Reguel?

3. How does Rosaura first come to the boarding house? How is she greeted?

4. In Part IV, how does Eufrasia describe knowing that something was not quite right in Camilo's description of his relationship with Rosaura?

5. How does Rosaura respond to Mrs. Milagros' questioning, and how does this make Mrs. Milagros feel?

6. How does David Reguel explain Camilo and Rosaura's relationship?

7. How does Mrs. Milagros treat Rosa when they first meet?

8. How does Eufrasia claim that the boarding house maid reacts to Camilo's wedding?

9. Why do the police show up at the boarding house? How does Mrs. Milagros deal with the intrusion?

10. What does Mrs. Milagros discuss with her daughters about Rosaura after first meeting her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Milagros is intensely frustrated by Camilo's lack of gumption when he receives the letter from Rosa telling him farewell. Her repressed romantic notions have entangled her in Camilo's love affair. She wants a happy ending, and she's willing to risk herself to obtain the happy ending for Camilo. She cannot understand Camilo's reaction to this letter, but she assumes it is because he is not like other men, not because the story does not add up. The reader, seeing the story from several perspectives, may disagree. How are the characters' different perspectives used to shape the storyline?

Essay Topic 2

Solving the crime of who killed Rosaura is the pretext for all of the details in the text. Solving the mystery drives the text even before the reader is even aware of the nature of the crime. Describe the speculation of each of the characters on this crime, and finally answer the question of who killed Rosaura and why. Do you believe that this is an interesting or satisfactory resolution to the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Rosaura has had several names and identities during her life. What names has she had? Why has she had these names? Do any of the other characters share with her having had several identities?

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