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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 subjects did the narrator teach?
(a) French and Italian.
(b) Latin and Spanish.
(c) Math and Statistics.
(d) Grammar and Reading.

2. Where does the girl work during the day?
(a) Factory.
(b) Home.
(c) Store.
(d) Farm.

3. After they ran out of things to talk about, how would the narrator spend his evenings with his fiancé?
(a) Talking.
(b) Kissing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Crocheting.

4. What kind of cat does the narrator get for his birthday?
(a) Long-hair.
(b) Siamese.
(c) Tabby.
(d) Angora.

5. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?
(a) A statue of Christopher Columbus.
(b) A statue of Jose Milan.
(c) A statue of George Washington.
(d) A statue of Cesar Chavez.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carved the narrator's writing desk?

2. How many years did the housekeeper cry over her love for the narrator?

3. What kind of tile does the narrator's house have?

4. How many women does the narrator dance with in the ceremony the night before his wedding?

5. What kind of editor was the narrator at the newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator decide to give himself for a birthday gift?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What evidence does the narrator give of how he is aging?

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