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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do when the girls in the office tease him about sex?
(a) Yells.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Blushes.
(d) Cries.

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

4. How many of the 48 original employees of the paper are still alive?
(a) 2 employees.
(b) 6 employees.
(c) 8 employees.
(d) 4 employees.

5. Where does the girl work during the day?
(a) Home.
(b) Factory.
(c) Farm.
(d) Store.

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

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

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

9. What was the narrator's fiancé wearing the first time he saw her?
(a) A lace negligee.
(b) Black high heels.
(c) A red dress.
(d) An orange flower.

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

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

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

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

14. What kind of tile does the narrator's house have?
(a) Florentine.
(b) Mayan.
(c) Parisian.
(d) Mexican.

15. With whom does the narrator have his longest relationship?
(a) His housekeeper.
(b) Rosa Cabarcas.
(c) His dog.
(d) His cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Rosa Cabarcas heard from the narrator?

2. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?

3. Who carved the narrator's writing desk?

4. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?

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

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