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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Vera's primary problem?
(a) She is unpleasant looking
(b) She is overly confident
(c) She is lonely
(d) She has sexual problems

2. What has changed for Arturo emotionally in this chapter?
(a) Rejection no longer disturbs him
(b) His desire and passion for Camilla has overtaken him
(c) He finds what he is looking for
(d) He is no longer afraid to take chances

3. What is it about Vera that lingers in the room?
(a) Her scent
(b) Her sense of hope
(c) Her sadness
(d) Her negativity

4. Sammy is terminally ill with:
(a) A brain tumor
(b) Lung cancer
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Alcoholism

5. What does Vera offer to do for Arturo when they become intimate?
(a) She offers to sleep in the living room
(b) She offers to get them a drink
(c) She offers to be Camilla
(d) She offers to drive him home

6. Finally admitting she is in love with Sammy, Camilla asks Arturo to:
(a) Write a story about their relationship
(b) Respect Sammy's wishes to be an author
(c) Write a story about Sammy and his cowboy life
(d) Review and critique Sammy's manuscripts

7. What seems to dampen Arturo's newly refreshed religious faith?
(a) He is determined to become famous
(b) Camilla knocks on his window
(c) His need for money is greater than his need for God
(d) His fear over the earthquake subsides

8. Why does Arturo leave Camilla to return to Los Angeles?
(a) To buy new furnishings
(b) To check out of his hotel room
(c) To pick up his mail
(d) To see if she can make it alone

9. Arturo finds Camilla in his closet:
(a) Smoking marijuana
(b) Asleep
(c) Drinking milk
(d) Crying for help

10. What is the event that ends Arturo's friendship with Hellfrick?
(a) Hellfrick does not share his meal with Arturo
(b) He is appalled by Hellfrick's killing a calf
(c) Hellfrick's drinking has finally become too much
(d) He can no longer stand Hellfrick borrowing money

11. Arturo expresses his love for Camilla by:
(a) Including her in his latest novel
(b) Sending her a telegram
(c) Writing a poem about her
(d) Writing her a letter

12. What does Arturo listen for on the Marines' broadcast?
(a) He tries to determine whether the quake has ended
(b) He listens for news of traffic to LA
(c) He listens for Camilla's name as one of the deceased
(d) He tries to learn if the earthquake has destroyed LA

13. After some champagne, Arturo's attitude toward the prostitutes is that:
(a) He becomes lifelong friends with them
(b) He is repulsed by their nationalities
(c) He feels they are uglier than before
(d) He loves them for their misery

14. What refreshment does Vera bring to Arturo?
(a) Water
(b) Warm milk
(c) Soda
(d) Gin

15. Sammy tells Arturo that:
(a) He is being too nice to Camilla
(b) He had better be nice to Camilla
(c) Camilla is very nice to him
(d) Camilla is not a nice girl

Short Answer Questions

1. Camilla's apartment is:

2. Arturo's initial response to Camilla's request is to:

3. Arturo's novel will be published, but Camilla is now:

4. Camilla's puppy, Willie, provides her with a sense of:

5. Arturo spends the night sleeping outside because:

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