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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it about Arturo's apartment that is perfect, as described to Camilla?
(a) His room opens up to ground level
(b) He has a lot of friends in the hotel
(c) They do not allow Mexicans
(d) It is quiet and perfect for writing

2. Arturo tries to justify the crime he is about to commit by:
(a) Deciding to write about the event
(b) Realizing his hunger comes before morality
(c) Blaming Mr. Hellfrick
(d) Deciding he will see a priest

3. Mrs. Hargraves assumes that The Little Dog Laughed is:
(a) A children's story
(b) A biography
(c) A mystery
(d) A dog story

4. The name of the restaurant where Camilla works is:
(a) Alta Loma Buffet
(b) Columbia House Restaurant
(c) The Columbia Buffet
(d) Bunker Hill Cafe

5. Arturo asks Camilla if her huaraches:
(a) Are her way of making a statement about herself
(b) Help her emphasize that she is a filthy greaser
(c) Hurt her feet
(d) Could be any shabbier

6. Arturo's writer's block is so strong that he:
(a) Converses with the mouse about an idea
(b) Prays to St. Theresa for an idea
(c) Writes his mother asking for an idea
(d) Curses himself and gives up

7. Arturo expects the milk truck to arrive at:
(a) Seven o'clock in the morning
(b) Whenever Hellfrick notifies him
(c) Four o'clock in the afternoon
(d) Four o'clock in the morning

8. Both Camilla and Arturo put on a facade of:
(a) Being coy
(b) Being jealous
(c) Being confident
(d) Being lonely

9. Waiting for the milkman's arrival, Arturo passes the time by:
(a) Writing a long letter to his mother
(b) Writing essays on prostitutes
(c) Writing a 30-page letter to his editor
(d) Sleeping

10. Arturo's newly published story will be entitled:
(a) The Lost, Lonely Desert
(b) The Last Italian in Los Angeles
(c) Long Live Bunker Hill
(d) The Long Lost Hills

11. Instead of sexual favors, Arturo tells the prostitute:
(a) He is involved with another Mexican girl
(b) He just wants to write about her
(c) He is broke
(d) He wants to wait for a better time

12. The name of Arthur's only published work is:
(a) Camilla's Dog
(b) The Little Dog Laughed
(c) The Laughing Dog
(d) The Dog at Hargraves

13. The beer Camilla serves Arturo:
(a) Is warm and flat
(b) She pays for from her own pocket
(c) Is free and on the house
(d) He refuses to pay for

14. Many people have come to California because of:
(a) The sunshine
(b) The desert
(c) Better restaurants
(d) The money

15. If Mr. Hargraves were alive, he would have:
(a) Gone to church with Arturo
(b) Been a good friend to Arturo
(c) Accepted Arturo's enthnicity
(d) Disapproved of Arturo's habits

Short Answer Questions

1. When Arturo sees the elderly man the next morning outside the bar:

2. When he returns to the restaurant this time, Arturo and Camilla:

3. Arturo is afraid of:

4. Arturo is especially arrogant now because:

5. Arturo's first inscription to Camilla calls her:

(see the answer keys)

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