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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 appears to be Albert's favorite part of Faye's body?
(a) Her breasts.
(b) Her hands.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her buttocks.

2. What is Hilda's occupation?
(a) Actress.
(b) Model.
(c) Singer.
(d) Painter.

3. What is the first thing Jan draws on the ceiling for Laura?
(a) A dog.
(b) A chanchiquito.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

4. How does Laura initially describe the animal she sees near the first image on the ceiling?
(a) Piglike.
(b) Burly.
(c) Wolflike.
(d) Hairy.

5. According to "The Queen," to what event does Bijou invite the painter?
(a) Broadway opening.
(b) Gallery opening.
(c) Society gala.
(d) Art Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator/model realize after she fends off the attentions of the young illustrator?

2. What does the narrator/model offer to her boyfriend in "A Model," which he refuses?

3. In what is Laura and Jan lying in the second half of "the Chanchiquito?"

4. Why does Mary not want Mandra to meet her husband?

5. In what state does Rango generally live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the contrasts (physical and personality-wise) between Jan and Laura.

2. How is Hilda forced to deal with her relationship to the American writer?

3. In "A Model," why does the narrator become a model?

4. How does the painter know Bijou is faithless at the Art Ball?

5. In "The Chanchiquito", what happens to the old lady in Laura's uncle's story?

6. Describe Mary's life, from the story "Mandra"

7. What reasons does Fay's husband give for not making love to her on their wedding night in the story "Saffron"?

8. How does Rango treat Hilda after their first, failed sexual encounter?

9. Describe Rango.

10. How does the narrator compare her attractiveness to Miriam's appeal?

(see the answer keys)

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