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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "One of These Days," what is the Mayor supposed to gargle?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Mouthwash.
(c) Iodine.
(d) A novacaine solution.

2. What does José call the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock"?
(a) Queen.
(b) Maria.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sweetheart.

3. The narrator of "Eyes" has dreamed of the woman as what object?
(a) A statue.
(b) A painting.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A clock.

4. In "The Third Resignation," what object is in the protagonist's coffin?
(a) A phone.
(b) A dried rose.
(c) A watch.
(d) A pillow.

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

6. In "Night," what did the woman say caused the man's blindness?
(a) Gossip.
(b) The television.
(c) Intuition.
(d) The newspaper.

7. What does the Mayor get rid of in "One of These Days"?
(a) A tooth.
(b) A lucky penny.
(c) A prosthetic leg.
(d) A telegram.

8. Where do the sleepwalkers go after the woman's announcement?
(a) The lake.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) Macondo.
(d) The town square.

9. What is described in "Monologue" as a "grey, jellyish substance"?
(a) The mud.
(b) The sea.
(c) Isabel's rooftop.
(d) The sky.

10. How long has the "boy" in "Eva" been dead?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) A month.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) Five years.

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

12. How long does the protagonist of "Dialogue" take for his morning routine?
(a) An hour.
(b) Seventeen minutes.
(c) A half hour.
(d) Three minutes.

13. What is the protagonist in "Dialogue with the Mirror" thinking about in the first paragraph?
(a) Death.
(b) Church.
(c) Work.
(d) Dinner.

14. What color is the woman's box in "Eyes of a Blue Dog"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Mother-of-pearl.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

15. What does José offer to cook the woman?
(a) An empanada.
(b) A steak.
(c) Sausage and biscuits.
(d) An omelet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Eva's suffering in the beginning of the story?

2. Where does the narrator of "Someone" want to put the roses?

3. What had the woman in "Bitterness" been listening to when she fell?

4. What day is it at the beginning of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses"?

5. What biblical characters are referenced in "The Other Side of Death"?

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