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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What left the narrator no time for marriage?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Whores.
(c) Life.
(d) Writing.

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

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas tease the narrator about after his first night with the girl?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Money.
(c) Impotence.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper?

2. How much does the narrator agree to pay Rosa Cabracas for his birthday night?

3. Who did the narrator's father rent the bottom floor of his home to?

4. How many children did the narrator's fiancé end up having?

5. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the narrator and Rosa Cabarcas discuss in phone calls the day following his first night with the girl?

2. What is the narrator's first experience like with the girl?

3. What kind of gifts does the narrator get from the newspaper staff for his birthday?

4. What happens when the narrator goes to turn in his resignation at the newspaper?

5. What is the current occupation of the narrator?

6. What is the narrator's economic situation?

7. What request did the narrator's mother make on her deathbed?

8. Why won't the editor let the narrator resign from writing his column?

9. Describe how the narrator almost married once.

10. What happens on the narrator's taxi ride to the brothel the first time he goes to see the girl?

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