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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do in a desperate attempt the pass the time while the girl is missing?
(a) Sing.
(b) Cook.
(c) Walk.
(d) Crochet.

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

3. What does the narrator rush to save from the leak in his house?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Books.
(c) His cat.
(d) His desk.

4. Who does the narrator imagine is helping him clean up from the storm?
(a) The girl.
(b) The cat.
(c) Rosa Cabarcas.
(d) His mother.

5. What is the one flaw of the narrator's home?
(a) Sunny windows during siesta.
(b) Loud noise from the street.
(c) Broken windows.
(d) Sloping floors.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes himself as ugly, shy and __________.

2. What does the narrator find when he goes to turn in his last column?

3. Who sealed up Rosa's house?

4. What left the narrator no time for marriage?

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas think is the narrator's problem when it comes to the girl?

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