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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the housekeeper give the narrator for his birthday?
(a) A watch.
(b) Sex.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Red roses.

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

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

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

5. What do the secretaries at the newspaper give to the narrator for his birthday?
(a) A coffee maker.
(b) A recording of Chopin.
(c) A cat.
(d) Silk boxers.

6. How many children did the narrator's mother hope he would have?
(a) 6 children.
(b) 3 children.
(c) 4 children.
(d) 2 children.

7. The narrator's home is on the sunny side of what park?
(a) San Josephina.
(b) San Jose.
(c) San Nina.
(d) San Nicolas.

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

9. What page of the newspaper did the narrator's column move to after his ruined wedding?
(a) Page 18.
(b) Page 10.
(c) Page 5.
(d) Page 11.

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

11. What time does the narrator wake each morning?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 7 a.m.

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

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

14. What does the narrator consider his native tongue?
(a) Latin.
(b) English.
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the narrator when he started living in the house alone?

2. Who does the narrator call at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What left the narrator no time for marriage?

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

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas tease the narrator about after his first night with the girl?

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