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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is mentioned in "Tuesday Siesta" as having been a boxer?
(a) The priest.
(b) Carlos Centeno.
(c) José Montiel.
(d) Carlos Esperanto.

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

3. What is described in "The Other Side of Death" as having "blue octopuses"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Rottenness.
(c) The sea.
(d) Illness.

4. What thing did the woman in "Bitterness" see inside the mirror?
(a) Her twin.
(b) A spider.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A watch.

5. In the end of "The Third Resignation," what does the protagonist die of?
(a) Time.
(b) Resignation.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Tuberculosis.

6. Where does the "boy" in "Eva" lie?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) The library.
(d) The church foyer.

7. Where does Eva imagine herself to be after she leaves her body?
(a) Inside a jar of jelly.
(b) Paris.
(c) In limbo.
(d) Underground.

8. What type of flower does the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" smell as he is contemplating his decay?
(a) Carnation.
(b) Rose.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Heliotrope.

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

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

11. What is the Mayor's health problem in "One of These Days"?
(a) An abscessed tooth.
(b) Lockjaw.
(c) A chipped tooth.
(d) TMJ.

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

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

14. In "Monologue," who habitually comes to sing?
(a) The choir.
(b) The twins of Saint Jerome.
(c) The neighbor boy.
(d) The kindergarten class.

15. What nationality is Eva's friend?
(a) Czechoslovakian.
(b) English.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Chilean.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Eva compare her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat"?

2. Where do the sleepwalkers go after the woman's announcement?

3. What did the woman in "Bitterness" always "carry"?

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

5. What word does the protagonist of "Dialogue" struggle to remember?

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