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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book helped the narrator understand his mother's mood?
(a) Psychology Today.
(b) The Strong Woman.
(c) The Magic Mountain.
(d) Love Unbound.

2. How old was the narrator when he started living in the house alone?
(a) 22 years old.
(b) 52 years old.
(c) 42 years old.
(d) 32 years old.

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

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

5. Who does the narrator call at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The editor.
(b) Rosa Cabarcas.
(c) Ximena Ortiz.
(d) The girl.

6. How old is the girl that Rosa Cabarcas finds?
(a) 14 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

7. What birthday is the narrator celebrating at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 90th birthday.
(b) 70th birthday.
(c) 80th birthday.
(d) 100th birthday.

8. Who did the narrator's father rent the bottom floor of his home to?
(a) Italian merchants.
(b) Book seller.
(c) Chinese farmers.
(d) Brothel.

9. Who is the editor-in-chief talking to when the narrator goes into his office as requested?
(a) President.
(b) His father.
(c) Rosa Cabarcas.
(d) Governor.

10. How long has it been since Rosa Cabarcas heard from the narrator?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 15 years.

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

12. What left the narrator no time for marriage?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Life.
(d) Whores.

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

14. What subjects did the narrator teach?
(a) Math and Statistics.
(b) Grammar and Reading.
(c) Latin and Spanish.
(d) French and Italian.

15. For how many years did the narrator's fiancé leave the country after he left her at the altar?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do the night after he first sees the girl?

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

3. How many children did the narrator's mother hope he would have?

4. How old was the narrator when he went to the doctor about back pain?

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

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