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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eva most want after leaving her body?
(a) A nap.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) An orange.
(d) A parasol.

2. What is the woman doing in the beginning of "Eyes"?
(a) Applying makeup.
(b) Making coffee.
(c) Tying her shoes.
(d) Taking a shower.

3. What is the name of Isabel's husband?
(a) Martín.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Rafael.
(d) María Josefa.

4. What had previously deterred Eva's appetite for oranges?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) The "boy."
(c) Illness.
(d) A blight.

5. At what other time was the noise present in the protagonist's head in "The Third Resignation"?
(a) The day of his death.
(b) The day of his mother's death.
(c) The day of his wedding.
(d) The day of his birth.

6. What does the woman call José?
(a) Pepillo.
(b) Chepe.
(c) Piloncillo.
(d) Cielito lindo.

7. What instrument does the musician in "Nabo" play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Saxophone.
(d) Accordion.

8. At the end of "The Woman," what time does the woman say she arrived at the restaurant?
(a) 6:30.
(b) 6:15.
(c) 5:45.
(d) 5:30.

9. Where does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" imagine having a tumor?
(a) His pancreas.
(b) His toe.
(c) His brain.
(d) His skin.

10. How long has the narrator of "Someone" been dead?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Thirty years.

11. In "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist imagine becoming after his body decays?
(a) An apple.
(b) A flower.
(c) A potato.
(d) A stone.

12. What is mentioned in "Bitterness" as having "a lot of remembered tree and deep river about them"?
(a) Macondo's cliffs.
(b) The woman's shouts.
(c) The woman's shoes.
(d) The sleepwalkers' dreams.

13. In "The Other Side of Death," what "fruit" do the trees bear?
(a) Rattlesnakes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Gnomes.
(d) Razors.

14. In "Bitterness," what does the woman say she will never do again?
(a) Smile.
(b) Jump rope.
(c) Sing.
(d) Shout.

15. How old is the girl in "Tuesday Siesta"?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist die of?

2. In "The Third Resignation," what does the character think of as "chasing through the tormented corners of his hot, fever-torn head"?

3. What is the weather at the end of "Monologue"?

4. In "Someone," what was the girl carrying when she came to the narrator's house?

5. What adjective describes the woman's shoes in "Bitterness"?

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