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

2. What is on the first serving platter Aura uncovers at Felipe’s first supper at the house?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Beans and rice.
(c) Liver and onions.
(d) Broiled tomatoes.

3. How many places are set at the table when Felipe has supper in Chapter 2?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. What kind of staircase does Felipe see at the end of the hall when he goes downstairs in Chapter 2?
(a) Spiral.
(b) Servant's.
(c) Narrow.
(d) Wide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the ribbon attached to the chest key the old woman gives Felipe in Chapter 2?

2. What is the point of view of Aura?

3. What covers the old woman’s bed?

4. What color is the rug in Felipe’s room?

5. What does the woman tell Aura about Felipe at the end of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Felipe run through dates in his head as he waits for the bus in Chapter 1?

2. Why is Felipe surprised the address in the advertisement is on Donceles Street?

3. What two things is Felipe thinking about as Aura shows him to his room in Chapter 2?

4. What does Felipe think the advertisement in Chapter 1 should say?

5. What is Felipe served for supper in Chapter 2?

6. What is on the wall where the old woman is kneeling in Chapter 2?

7. Explain the two empty place settings at supper in Chapter 2.

8. What is Felipe anxious to do again as he follows the sound of Aura taking him to his room in Chapter 2?

9. How does the evening light in Felipe’s room compare to the light in the rest of the house?

10. How does the old woman react when Felipe tells her there is a rat’s nest by the chest in Chapter 2? What does this reveal about her?

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