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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occupation is requested in the advertisement?

3. Who or what is beside Felipe at the end of Chapter 1?

4. What animal is the knocker on the door when Felipe goes to apply for the job?

5. What material is the knocker on the door when Felipe goes to apply for the job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reason does the old woman give for the darkness in her home in Chapter 2?

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

4. What does Felipe see when he goes into the old woman’s room in Chapter 1?

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

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

7. What does Felipe do before he goes into 815 Donceles Street?

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

9. Why is Felipe startled when he sees Aura?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the author uses dreams and hallucinations in the story. How do they affect Felipe? How do they affect the reader’s experience? Why are they included?

Essay Topic 2

Define perspective. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? How does Felipe’s perspective change as the story progresses? How does this affect his behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Define allusion. What is a literary allusion? How is it identified in literature? Identify and explain at least two allusions in Aura.

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