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

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

3. What transportation does Felipe take when he leaves the café in Chapter 1?
(a) Bus.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Street car.

4. How many steps forward does the voice tell Felipe to walk when he first goes into the house in Chapter 1?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the street Felipe is on to apply for the job?

2. Where does Felipe’s ash fall at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What reason does the old woman give for letting Felipe keep the key to the chest at the end of Chapter 2?

4. What method is required to apply to the advertisement in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the advertisement Felipe sees in Chapter 1?

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

3. What instructions does the old woman give Felipe when he goes into the house in Chapter 1?

4. What does Felipe wonder as he leaves the café in Chapter 1?

5. What happens when Felipe returns to the café a second morning in Chapter 1?

6. What condition does the old woman place on Felipe’s position in Chapter 1?

7. What mystery about the cats is raised at the end of Chapter 2?

8. What does Felipe do in the mirror in his bathroom?

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

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

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