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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the red light district where the narrator spent most nights?
(a) Barrio Cinco.
(b) Barrio Chino.
(c) Barrio Juanita.
(d) Barrio Juarez.

2. How many sheets of paper does the narrator always keep on his desk for writing his column?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

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

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

5. What kind of cat does the narrator get for his birthday?
(a) Siamese.
(b) Angora.
(c) Tabby.
(d) Long-hair.

6. The narrator's students nicknamed him Professor ___________.
(a) Moron.
(b) Fancy Pants.
(c) Gloomy Hills.
(d) No Name.

7. How many children did the narrator's fiancé end up having?
(a) 7 children.
(b) 5 children.
(c) 3 children.
(d) 6 children.

8. How many years did the housekeeper cry over her love for the narrator?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 12 years.

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

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

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

12. What day of the week does the narrator's birthday fall on?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

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

14. On occasion, the newspaper prints _______ as a favor to the narrator.
(a) Personals.
(b) Advertisements.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Theater reviews.

15. What movies turned the narrator away from the cinema for good?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Shirley Temple.
(c) John Way.
(d) Gidget.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is the narrator's birthday in?

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

3. What left the narrator no time for marriage?

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

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator changes over time?

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