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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is it in "The Other Side of Death"?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dusk.

2. How long have the men in "Night" been lost?
(a) Three days.
(b) A month.
(c) Two months.
(d) Five days.

3. What did the woman in "Bitterness" always "carry"?
(a) A shadow.
(b) A baby doll.
(c) The weight of the world.
(d) An umbrella.

4. What does the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" have a phobia of?
(a) Crowds.
(b) Small spaces.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Mice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in "The Woman" put in her hair?

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

3. What does José call the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock"?

4. In "Night," what did the woman say caused the man's blindness?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the sleepwalkers try to calm the woman?

2. Explain Eva's relationship to her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat."

3. Describe the living arrangements of the protagonist of "Dialogue with the Mirror."

4. Describe the villagers' initial reaction to the rain in "Monologue of Isabel."

5. Why does Eva want an orange, and how does she decide to get it?

6. At what point do the characters in "Monologue" start to pray, and why?

7. Explain the doctor's diagnosis and treatment for the protagonist of "The Third Resignation."

8. Why does the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock" so emphasize the time?

9. Describe the "boy" in "Eva."

10. Why does the narrator of "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses" want roses, and how does he get them?

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