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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After they ran out of things to talk about, how would the narrator spend his evenings with his fiancé?
(a) Crocheting.
(b) Reading.
(c) Talking.
(d) Kissing.

2. What does the narrator imagine the girl asking him about at breakfast?
(a) Latin.
(b) Books.
(c) Travels.
(d) His age.

3. What day does the narrator's column appear in the paper?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

4. How many of the 48 original employees of the paper are still alive?
(a) 2 employees.
(b) 4 employees.
(c) 8 employees.
(d) 6 employees.

5. What does the narrator decide to call the girl?
(a) Damiana.
(b) La Nina.
(c) Florina.
(d) Delgadina.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compares his weekly column to what?

2. What does the housekeeper give the narrator for his birthday?

3. Who stops the narrator on the street after he gets the cat?

4. How many children did the narrator's fiancé end up having?

5. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?

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