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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator knows the girl in the hospital is not his love by her ____.
(a) Feet.
(b) Hair.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Hands.

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

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

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

6. Who does the narrator think left the message scrawled in lipstick in the girl's room?
(a) The devil.
(b) The girl.
(c) Rosa Cabarcas.
(d) A ghost.

7. What name does Rosa Cabarcas call the girl?
(a) La Nina.
(b) Damiana.
(c) Delgadina.
(d) Lucinda.

8. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator should do with the girl?
(a) Marry the girl.
(b) Rape the girl.
(c) Leave the girl.
(d) Forget the girl.

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. What does the narrator shout at Rosa Cabarcas after she tries to explain the girl's appearance?
(a) My love.
(b) Damned whores.
(c) Lies.
(d) Slut.

14. The man who dies at Rosa's is a famous __________.
(a) Politician.
(b) Bull fighter.
(c) Singer.
(d) Banker.

15. What does the narrator decide to call the girl?
(a) La Nina.
(b) Delgadina.
(c) Damiana.
(d) Florina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the painting called that the narrator hangs in the girl's room?

2. Before the narrator falls asleep on the third night with the girl he _________.

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

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

5. Where does the narrator find a message scrawled in lipstick in the girl's room?

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