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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arturo observe the group of Protestants doing after the earthquake?
(a) Gathering for prayers
(b) Saying the Pledge of Allegiance
(c) Listening to music
(d) Singing cheap hymns

2. Camilla responds to Arturo's request to marry her:
(a) By trying to drown herself
(b) By laughing and tearing up the telegram
(c) By hugging the bartenders who congratulate her
(d) By weeping silently and leaving the restaurant

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

4. What does Arturo think about the sailors?
(a) That even they have what he cannot have
(b) That they are young and foolish
(c) That they live dangerous lives
(d) That they drink far too much

5. Why does Arturo write an angry essay about Catholicism?
(a) Because the church makes him feel guilty
(b) Because he no longer believes in God
(c) Because a priest criticized his story
(d) Because his mother has pushed Catholicism

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(b) Withdrawn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

7. Arturo tries to make a life for himself and Camilla by:
(a) Taking her in and feeding her
(b) Being tolerant of her habits
(c) Asking her to marry him again
(d) Finding a house on Laguna Beach

8. After sending his telegram, Arturo tries to:
(a) Contact Camilla by telephone
(b) Discuss it with Mr. Hellfrick
(c) Retrieve it before it is delivered
(d) Sit down and write a new novel

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

10. 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) Write a story about their relationship
(d) Review and critique Sammy's manuscripts

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

12. Arturo's responds to Vera's disfigured skin by:
(a) Offering her another drink
(b) Telling her she is still lovely
(c) Leaving the room
(d) Advising her to get surgery

13. Seeing Camilla's apartment after the earthquake, Arturo:
(a) Assumes she has died
(b) Wails with regret
(c) Calls the firemen to the building
(d) Goes in and tries to find Vera

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After some champagne, Arturo's attitude toward the prostitutes is that:

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

3. When Arturo cries about Vera's misfortune, he:

4. Arturo spends the night sleeping outside because:

5. Because Arturo is now rejecting her, Camilla thinks he:

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