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

2. How does the woman in "Bitterness" wear her hair?
(a) Braided.
(b) In a ponytail.
(c) Permed.
(d) Cut short.

3. How many people are sitting at the table in the beginning of "Night of the Curlews"?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

4. As discussed in "Monologue of Isabel," what season does the rain indicate in Macondo?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Summer.

5. How long has the girl in "Someone" been at the narrator's house?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Forty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the noise compared in "The Third Resignation"?

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

3. Of what did the protagonist's brother die, as described in "The Other Side of Death"?

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

5. What does the woman call José?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the ways the woman has tried to find the man.

2. Describe the noise the protagonist of "The Third Resignation" hears.

3. Describe the Mayor's reaction to the dental work.

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

5. How do the men of "The Night of the Curlews" become blind? Explain.

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

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

8. Why does the boy not want to lead the blind men in "Night"?

9. Explain how the protagonist of "Dialogue" tries to fool his reflection and why.

10. Describe the setting of "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock."

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