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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?
(a) Florina.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Delgadina.
(d) Damiana.

2. Who stops the narrator on the street after he gets the cat?
(a) Children.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Students.

3. What is the topic of the narrator's birthday column?
(a) His mother.
(b) Old age.
(c) Love.
(d) Youth.

4. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?
(a) A statue of Jose Milan.
(b) A statue of Cesar Chavez.
(c) A statue of Christopher Columbus.
(d) A statue of George Washington.

5. Who gives the narrator the cat for his birthday?
(a) Secretaries.
(b) Editor.
(c) Printers.
(d) Censor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say caused him to lose all his lovers?

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

3. What book helped the narrator understand his mother's mood?

4. How many years did the housekeeper cry over her love for the narrator?

5. What time did the bride's family begin to knock on the narrator's door on the day he missed his wedding?

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