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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator refers to fame as a __________.
(a) Gift.
(b) Fat lady.
(c) Horror.
(d) Dead man.

3. The narrator imagines singing love duets by _________ with the girl.
(a) Manccini.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Bach.
(d) Puccini.

4. Who does the narrator hear singing as he enters the girl's room for the third time?
(a) Italian opera.
(b) Spanish boleros.
(c) American tenor.
(d) Western pop.

5. The narrator's columns are read on _________.
(a) Town square.
(b) Bus.
(c) The radio.
(d) Television.

6. What does Rosa Cabarcas think is the narrator's problem when it comes to the girl?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Senile dementia.
(c) Empty nest syndrome.
(d) Sexual problems.

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

8. What music is playing when the narrator goes into the room to see the girl after a month apart?
(a) Boleros.
(b) Opera.
(c) Brahm's.
(d) Chopin.

9. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator after he destroys the girl's room?
(a) You will be sorry.
(b) Go with God.
(c) Get out.
(d) This is the end.

10. The narrator thinks the newspaper offices have been remodeled to resemble a ____.
(a) Maternity hospital.
(b) Brothel.
(c) Space ship.
(d) Dungeon.

11. Beside searching the streets and hospitals, where else does the narrator look for the girl?
(a) The morgue.
(b) A shirt factory.
(c) The docks.
(d) Other brothels.

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

13. The first time the narrator hears the girl's voice she talks about ___.
(a) Frogs.
(b) Cows.
(c) Snails.
(d) Fish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator wear to sleep with the girl?

2. Where does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator she has been after her month-long disappearance?

3. What caused the bicycle accident that the narrator thinks the girl is involved in?

4. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator do after he destroys the girls room?

5. What does the narrator do in a desperate attempt the pass the time while the girl is missing?

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