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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. Who did the narrator's father rent the bottom floor of his home to?
(a) Chinese farmers.
(b) Book seller.
(c) Italian merchants.
(d) Brothel.

2. What does the narrator find when he goes to turn in his last column?
(a) A party.
(b) Rosa Cabarcas.
(c) An empty office.
(d) A pink slip.

3. How old was the narrator when he went to the doctor about back pain?
(a) 42 years old.
(b) 52 years old.
(c) 62 years old.
(d) 72 years old.

4. What does the narrator consider his native tongue?
(a) Italian.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

5. The narrator describes himself as ugly, shy and __________.
(a) Antique.
(b) Archaic.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Anachronistic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What left the narrator no time for marriage?

3. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?

4. What does the narrator have a reputation for being?

5. What kind of cat does the narrator get for his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How would the narrator court his fiancé?

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

9. What is the narrator's economic situation?

10. Describe how the narrator almost married once.

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