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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator changes over time?
(a) Morality.
(b) Affections.
(c) Memories.
(d) Stories.

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

3. How many women does the narrator have on a list of sexual conquests by his fifties?
(a) 93.
(b) 514.
(c) 410.
(d) 879.

4. What did the narrator's mother die from?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Broken heart.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

5. Where does the narrator think condemned souls go?
(a) Miami.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York.
(d) Havana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have a reputation for being?

2. The narrator's home is on the sunny side of what park?

3. What was the narrator told would flee from his body when he died?

4. What birthday is the narrator celebrating at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does the narrator decide to give himself for a birthday gift?

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