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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 see if she can make it alone
(b) To check out of his hotel room
(c) To buy new furnishings
(d) To pick up his mail

2. What is the guilt and shame that Arturo feels about having been with Vera?
(a) He feels he has taken advantage of Vera's loneliness
(b) He feels he has committed the mortal sin of adultery
(c) He feels he has violated Vera's innocence
(d) He is sorry that he thought of Camilla the entire time

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

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

5. Hellfrick wants to borrow money from Arturo, this time for:
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Gin
(c) Milk
(d) Meat

6. Sammy tells Arturo that Mexican girls:
(a) Prefer men with disabilities
(b) Don't like to be treated like human beings
(c) Are always trouble in a relationship
(d) Are attracted to men who are sensitive

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

8. Because Arturo is now rejecting her, Camilla thinks he:
(a) Has another girlfriend
(b) Is a homosexual
(c) Has lost his mind
(d) Is in love with Sammy

9. When Arturo feels like "Bandini" with Camilla, he:
(a) Becomes aggressive and rough
(b) Becomes aloof and cold
(c) Becomes tender and attentive
(d) Becomes talkative and intellectual

10. Whose poetry does Vera quote to Arturo?
(a) Emerson
(b) Millay
(c) Frost
(d) Keats

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

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

13. When Camilla and Arturo go to visit Sammy, Camilla becomes:
(a) Subservient
(b) Dangerous
(c) Protective
(d) Withdrawn

14. 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

15. With his novel published, Arturo's life has:
(a) Gotten lonelier
(b) Improved considerably
(c) Gone downhill
(d) Become less interesting

Short Answer Questions

1. When Arturo does something nice, he is often:

2. What has changed for Arturo emotionally in this chapter?

3. While Camilla is staying with Arturo, his writing is:

4. In this chapter, Arturo may have realized that:

5. What is Vera's primary problem?

(see the answer keys)

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