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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. Where do Aura and Consuelo go when they leave Aura’s room in Chapter 4?

2. Where does Felipe find Aura at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. Where does Felipe decide Aura will go if she wants his help, according to Chapter 3?

4. What color is the ink in the General’s manuscripts, according to Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dream Felipe has in Chapter 4.

2. What is significant about the waltz Felipe and Aura dance together in Chapter 4?

3. What is the significance of the wafer Aura gives Felipe in Chapter 4?

4. How does the narrator describe Aura’s ringing of the black bell in Chapter 3?

5. What is Aura doing while she helps Consuelo back to her room in Chapter 3?

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

7. Describe Aura’s room.

8. What does Felipe see when he finds the source of the strange yowling in Chapter 3?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define genre. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? Identify the genre of Aura, and identify its characteristics that support that genre.

Essay Topic 2

Define point of view. Identify and explain the three types of point of view. What is the point of view of Aura? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Write a brief literary analysis and critique of Aura.

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