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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What covers the old woman’s bed?
(a) Breadcrumbs.
(b) Letters and photographs.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Bits of seeds.

2. What is the job the old woman offers Felipe?
(a) Cataloging her family photos.
(b) Finishing her memoirs.
(c) Writing a history of her family.
(d) Finishing her deceased husband’s memoirs.

3. What does the old woman do when Aura nods to Felipe?
(a) Leans forward slightly.
(b) Shakes her head.
(c) Nods.
(d) Gestures to Aura.

4. What is the monthly salary offered in the advertisement?
(a) One thousand pesos.
(b) Six thousand pesos.
(c) Four thousand pesos.
(d) Two thousand pesos.

5. What does Felipe keep under his left arm while he is riding after leaving the café in Chapter 1?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) His billfold.
(c) The advertisement.
(d) His briefcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aura’s relationship to the old woman, according to Chapter 1?

2. How long ago did Llorente die, according to Chapter 1?

3. What name does the old woman call at the end of Chapter 1?

4. How is the old woman’s room lit in Chapter 1?

5. What language does the advertisement request the applicant speaks?

(see the answer key)

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