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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator consider his native tongue?
(a) Latin.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Italian.

2. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?
(a) Crime.
(b) Cable.
(c) Sports.
(d) Entertainment.

3. The narrator knows the girl in the hospital is not his love by her ____.
(a) Hands.
(b) Hair.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Feet.

4. What does the narrator imagine the girl's kisses taste like?
(a) Licorice
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Death.
(d) Roses.

5. What does the narrator find when he goes to turn in his last column?
(a) An empty office.
(b) A pink slip.
(c) Rosa Cabarcas.
(d) A party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poems is the narrator finally able to translate in the midst of his illness?

2. Who is the editor-in-chief talking to when the narrator goes into his office as requested?

3. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator should do with the girl?

4. Before the narrator falls asleep on the third night with the girl he _________.

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator after he destroys the girl's room?

(see the answer key)

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