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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The waitress responds to Arturo's criticism of her shoes by telling him:
(a) She throws coffee at him
(b) She hates him and hopes he dies of heart failure
(c) She hates him and wishes he would go back to Colorado
(d) She promises to get better shoes

2. Judy Palmer's mother finds her daughter reading to Arturo, who is:
(a) Holding her in his lap
(b) Lying on his bed, listening
(c) Taking a shower
(d) In the hotel lobby

3. When Arturo receives his money, he:
(a) Pays Camilla for her support
(b) Pays the landlady for her cooking
(c) Pays Hellfrick the money he owes him
(d) Pays his rent and an additional five dollars

4. Arturo's memories of hotel guests are connected with:
(a) His love for people
(b) His concern over where they have ended up
(c) Whether or not they have read The Little Dog Laughed
(d) His close friendships with them

5. Other than a few things that frighten him, Arturo sees himself as:
(a) A warrior
(b) A romantic
(c) A successful author
(d) Fearless

6. As they come out of their churches, Arturo sees the Parkers' and Smiths' faces as:
(a) White
(b) Bleak
(c) Sad
(d) Drawn

7. In Arturo's note he wants Camilla to understand that:
(a) Not every customer is a bum
(b) Her other customers are bums
(c) He is not a drinker
(d) Most customers are hungrier than him

8. Arturo's first inscription to Camilla calls her:
(a) A Mayan princess
(b) A Mexican princess
(c) A dirty greaser
(d) A prostitute

9. J. C. Hackmuth surprises Arturo by:
(a) Contacting his mother
(b) Sending him money for no reason
(c) Rejecting his latest writing
(d) Publishing his thirty page letter

10. Hellfrick claims to be:
(a) An honest man
(b) A vegetarian
(c) A Catholic
(d) A good friend

11. Arturo tells Camilla she will always be nothing but a:
(a) Sweet little flower girl from Old Mexico
(b) A cheater and liar
(c) Barmaid and a waitress from Bunker Hill
(d) An illiterate illegal alien

12. Judy Palmer is a:
(a) Fourteen year old girl
(b) A local prostitute
(c) A homeless child
(d) The daughter of Mrs. Hargraves

13. For his story, Arturo receives the whopping sum of:
(a) $500
(b) $350
(c) $175
(d) $100

14. Arturo's attitude toward women is:
(a) He is very afraid of them
(b) He feels repulsion toward them
(c) He feels a kinship with them
(d) He feels hatred toward them.

15. Arturo is afraid of:
(a) Closed places
(b) All of these
(c) Blood
(d) Heights

Short Answer Questions

1. Arturo considers these people to be worshiping in the church of:

2. Arturo feels he was hated for having:

3. The hotel guest who was interested in Filipinos:

4. The Long Lost Hills is an essay derived from:

5. The palm tree right outside Arturo's room is:

(see the answer keys)

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