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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aura’s relationship to the old woman, according to Chapter 1?
(a) She is the woman’s niece.
(b) She is the woman’s daughter.
(c) She is the woman’s granddaughter.
(d) She is the woman’s servant.

2. What reason does the old woman give for letting Felipe keep the key to the chest at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He will need it the next day.
(b) It is part of his job.
(c) She has no need of it anymore.
(d) She trusts him.

3. Who shows Felipe to his room in Chapter 2?
(a) No one; he finds his own way.
(b) Aura.
(c) The old woman.
(d) A servant.

4. 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) His briefcase.
(d) The advertisement.

5. How many cigarettes does Felipe smoke in his room before supper in Chapter 2?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

6. What does Felipe touch when he reaches out for the old woman’s hand?
(a) The bedclothes.
(b) Something sharp and cold.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) The bedpost.

7. What time does Felipe realize it is when he is being shown to his room in Chapter 2?
(a) Four o’ clock.
(b) Noon.
(c) Six o’ clock.
(d) Two o’ clock.

8. According to Aura in Chapter 2, who has gone for Felipe’s belongings?
(a) The old woman.
(b) A servant.
(c) The butler.
(d) A local errand boy.

9. What military rank did the old woman’s husband hold?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Admiral.
(d) General.

10. Where does Felipe want to do his work?
(a) At her home.
(b) In her husband’s study.
(c) At the library.
(d) At his apartment.

11. What is the rabbit’s name?
(a) Saga.
(b) Embre.
(c) Seeley.
(d) Aura.

12. What is on the old woman’s cheeks when Felipe helps her back into bed in Chapter 2?
(a) Scratches.
(b) Tears.
(c) An oily liquid.
(d) Ashes.

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

14. What is the only thing missing from the advertisement, according to the narrator?
(a) Nothing is missing.
(b) The address.
(c) The specifics of the job.
(d) Felipe’s name.

15. What name does the old woman call at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Llorente.
(b) Embre.
(c) Aura.
(d) Saga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Aura’s eyes?

2. What does Aura say there are a lot of in this part of the city in Chapter 2?

3. How does Felipe have to learn to get around the house, according to Chapter 2?

4. What occupation is requested in the advertisement?

5. What does Felipe put in Aura’s hand after they leave the dining table in Chapter 2?

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