Ask the Dust Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ask the Dust Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arturo's initial response to Camilla's request is to:
(a) Ignore her and go back to his novel
(b) Throw her out of his apartment
(c) Write a scathing, hurtful letter to Sammy
(d) Write a nice goodbye letter to Sammy

2. When Arturo returns to Camilla's with a nightgown and reading material:
(a) Invites him in seductively
(b) Unlocks the door and goes back to bed
(c) Shrieks and alarms her neighbors
(d) Accepts the gifts and locks him out

3. Arturo's novel will be published, but Camilla is now:
(a) Going her own way
(b) In a deep state of depression
(c) Ill with tuberculosis
(d) Employed by a hotel

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After sending his telegram, Arturo tries to:

2. Hellfrick wants to borrow money from Arturo, this time for:

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

4. Arturo finds Camilla in his closet:

5. What refreshment does Vera bring to Arturo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Arturo's response to his sexual success with Vera.

2. Why does Arturo send the escaped Camilla money, after all of her unkindness toward him?

3. What does Fante accomplish with the character, Vera, and the relationship between her and Arturo?

4. Why does Arturo try to retrieve his telegram before it is delivered to Camilla?

5. Do you consider Arturo pathetic for taking Camilla's hat?

6. Discuss what happens to Arturo's relationship with Hellfrick.

7. What is Vera's opinion of Arturo's writing?

8. Why is Arturo no longer feeling particularly threatened by Sammy?

9. Why does Arturo swear off the Catholic church in this chapter?

10. What purpose does Willie fill in Camilla's life?

(see the answer keys)

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