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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the secretaries at the newspaper give to the narrator for his birthday?
(a) A recording of Chopin.
(b) A cat.
(c) A coffee maker.
(d) Silk boxers.

2. Who does the narrator tell the hospital staff he is to gain entrance?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An inspector.
(c) A parent.
(d) A journalist.

3. Who does the girl spend Christmas with?
(a) Her family.
(b) Rosa Cabarcas.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Another man.

4. What does the narrator think he is dying from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Old age.
(c) A tumor.
(d) Love.

5. Who do the newspapers accuse of murdering the dead man from Rosa's?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Kids.
(d) Robbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do when the girls in the office tease him about sex?

2. Who does the narrator call at the end of Chapter 2?

3. Who wanted the narrator to read romance books?

4. The first time the narrator hears the girl's voice she talks about ___.

5. How many of the 48 original employees of the paper are still alive?

(see the answer key)

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