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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What month is the narrator's birthday in?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) July.

5. What was the narrator told would flee from his body when he died?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Lice.
(c) Evil.
(d) Roaches.

6. What does the narrator have a reputation for being?
(a) A miser.
(b) A womanizer.
(c) Generous.
(d) Mean.

7. What does Rosa Cabarcas tease the narrator about after his first night with the girl?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Love.
(c) Impotence.
(d) Money.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does the narrator do for the first time with a woman the night he meets the girl?
(a) Be kind.
(b) Stay dressed.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?

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

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

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

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

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