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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. What month is the narrator's birthday in?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) August.

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

3. How long has it been since Rosa Cabarcas heard from the narrator?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

5. Where does the narrator think condemned souls go?
(a) New York.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Havana.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator told would flee from his body when he died?

2. What does the narrator consider his native tongue?

3. Who carved the narrator's writing desk?

4. How old was the narrator when he started living in the house alone?

5. How many women does the narrator have on a list of sexual conquests by his fifties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's experience like when he goes to the animal shelter to pick up his cat?

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

3. What is the current occupation of the narrator?

4. What is the only long term relationship in the narrator's life?

5. What was the contrast between the narrator's sex life and his regular life?

6. What happens when the narrator is the honored guest at a concert? What does he remember most from the evening?

7. How does the narrator describe the editor of the newspaper?

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

9. What evidence does the narrator give of his healthy sex life?

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

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