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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Arturo and Camilla go to the shooting gallery, she:
(a) Wishes Arturo would be more generous
(b) Is disgusted that Arturo cannot shoot well
(c) Is attracted to others at the gallery
(d) Is unhappy with her own performance

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

4. 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 drive him home
(c) She offers to get them a drink
(d) She offers to be Camilla

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

6. How does the author tell us that Vera is an older woman?
(a) He mentions the odor of aging
(b) She is dressed in old fashioned clothes
(c) Her years of experience betray her age
(d) She is weak and unstable

7. The escapee, Camilla, asks for money from Arturo through:
(a) Telegrams using an alias
(b) Midnight phone calls
(c) Letters from various post offices
(d) Notes slipped under his door

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

9. What does Vera think of Arturo's writing?
(a) It is mediocre
(b) It is brilliant
(c) She has not read it
(d) It is no good

10. In this chapter, Arturo may have realized that:
(a) It is much better living farther away from Hellfrick
(b) Camilla is his one, lifelong true love
(c) Having a car may be more trouble than it's worth
(d) Success in his career is not what makes him ultimately happy

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

12. When Vera appears in Arturo's room for the first time, he momentarily wants to:
(a) Hug her
(b) Laugh
(c) Beat her
(d) Kick her out

13. When Sammy goes to see Camilla, he realizes:
(a) She is a drug addict
(b) She has fallen into alcoholism
(c) She has been physically abused
(d) She is hopelessly ill

14. Arturo knows he will go to visit Vera. What does he think she will help him with?
(a) He learn to be more relaxed around women
(b) He will learn to better hold his alcohol
(c) He will learn to behave more passionately toward Camilla
(d) He will learn all of the tricks she knows about gambling

15. To ease his hurt feelings, Arturo pays to:
(a) See a cheap movie
(b) Eat meat with Hellfrick
(c) Dance with a blonde
(d) Be driven around town

Short Answer Questions

1. Arturo's next story will be based on:

2. What seems to dampen Arturo's newly refreshed religious faith?

3. At the beach, Arturo hates the seagulls, and Camilla hates the:

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

5. When Camilla and Arturo go to visit Sammy, Camilla becomes:

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