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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 does Felipe use to look at the plants Aura is growing in Chapter 4?

2. What is the only decoration in Aura’s room?

3. What does Consuelo say about solitude in Chapter 3?

4. Why do “they” want us to be alone, according to Chapter 3?

5. How does the author indicate Felipe’s memory at the end of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Aura washing Felipe’s feet in Chapter 4?

2. How does Consuelo react when Felipe says he thought Saga was male?

3. What is different about Aura when Felipe goes to her in Chapter 4? Why?

4. Describe Felipe’s dream in Chapter 3.

5. What does Felipe think of the General’s manuscript, according to the beginning of Chapter 3?

6. What is Felipe afraid of when he locks himself in his room in Chapter 4? Why?

7. What does Felipe think Aura’s role is?

8. What five things does Felipe do to get ready for dinner in Chapter 4?

9. What disturbs Felipe about himself while he eats dinner alone in Chapter 4?

10. What is strange about the lunch Felipe shares with Aura and Consuelo in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the timeline of the plot of Aura.

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

Explain the changes that occur in Aura as the story progresses. How does she change? Why does she change? What does this reveal about her?

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