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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. For what is Mina searching at the beginning of "Artificial Roses"?
(a) Keys.
(b) The oven manual.
(c) Her sleeves.
(d) A kitten.

2. How old is Big Mama when she dies?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Ninety-two.
(c) Sixty.
(d) One hundred.

3. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?
(a) A sail.
(b) A bedsheet.
(c) Their husbands' pants.
(d) Flour sacks.

4. Whom does the narrator of "Blacamán" frequently resurrect?
(a) Lazarus.
(b) Blacamán the Bad.
(c) Pelayo.
(d) Houdini.

5. Who catches Damaso in the pool hall at the end of the story?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) Ana.
(c) Roque.
(d) The policeman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in Trinidad's box in "Artificial Roses"?

2. Who wants to buy the bird cage?

3. How old is Father Anthony Isabel?

4. From where are the smugglers in "The Last Voyage"?

5. Who runs the bar in "The Sea of Lost Time"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Damaso's experience in the pool hall as described in the beginning of "There Are No Thieves in This Town."

2. How do the women believe Esteban's compatriots must have felt about him?

3. According to Jacob's wife, what is the significance of the smell in "The Sea of Lost Time"?

4. Describe the manner in which the old man leaves the town.

5. Explain how the grandmother of "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother" dies.

6. How does the protagonist of "The Last Voyage" affect the ghost ship's passage?

7. Describe what happens when Blacamán the Bad gets bitten by a snake.

8. What does Nelson Farina want from the senator, and why?

9. Why is the senator thinking about death in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?

10. How do the villagers react to the old man in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," and why?

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