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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wanted the narrator to read romance books?
(a) His editor.
(b) His housekeeper.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

2. Rosa Cabarcas offers the narrator another girl whose father wants __________.
(a) A house.
(b) A car.
(c) A farm.
(d) Money.

3. On the nights in December, what does the narrator detect in the air?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) A breeze.
(d) Fire.

4. Who sealed up Rosa's house?
(a) A mysterious neighbor.
(b) Ministry of state.
(c) The police department.
(d) The health department.

5. What upsets the narrator most about the girl's appearance after their time apart?
(a) Her make-up.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her jewelry.

6. What does the narrator's house smell like when he returns to find the leaks from the storm?
(a) The girl.
(b) Mildew.
(c) Rain.
(d) Cat.

7. What kind of music does the narrator listen to when he is missing the girl?
(a) Piano.
(b) Opera.
(c) Boleros.
(d) Violin.

8. Whose poems is the narrator finally able to translate in the midst of his illness?
(a) Juarez.
(b) Lyons.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Leopardi.

9. What does the girl do while the narrator destroys the room?
(a) Screams.
(b) Pretends to sleep.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Faints.

10. What does the editor of the newspaper call the narrator in defending his new columns?
(a) A peaceful madman.
(b) A historical landmark.
(c) The voice of reason.
(d) Representative of a generation.

11. What does the narrator give the girl for her birthday?
(a) A teddy Bear.
(b) Earrings.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) Perfume.

12. In his sorrow over the cat's fate, what does the narrator compare the cat to in a column?
(a) A shadow.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A woman.
(d) A mouse.

13. One night a man dies of ________ at Rosa Cabarcas' house.
(a) Stab wounds.
(b) Slit throat.
(c) Poison.
(d) Gunshot.

14. Who takes the ill cat to the veterinarian?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The editor.
(c) Rosa Cabarcas.
(d) The ousekeeper.

15. What does the narrator imagine the girl asking him about at breakfast?
(a) Latin.
(b) Books.
(c) His age.
(d) Travels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator after he destroys the girl's room?

2. The man who dies at Rosa's is a famous __________.

3. What does the note the girl leaves with her gift call the narrator?

4. What does the narrator bring to the girl after their time apart?

5. What does the narrator call the newspaper censor?

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