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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 is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper?
(a) 39 years old.
(b) 33 years old.
(c) 29 years old.
(d) 43 years old.

2. What page of the newspaper did the narrator's column move to after his ruined wedding?
(a) Page 5.
(b) Page 11.
(c) Page 18.
(d) Page 10.

3. The narrator's mother was a notable interpreter of ________.
(a) Mozart.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Puccini.
(d) Brahm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the bride's family begin to knock on the narrator's door on the day he missed his wedding?

2. What does Rosa Cabarcas want to give the narrator for his birthday?

3. What does the narrator's mother hope he will name a daughter someday?

4. The narrator compares his weekly column to what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has the narrator supplemented his income over the years?

4. What is the narrator's economic situation?

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

6. What is the narrator's relationship like with his housekeeper?

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

8. How would the narrator court his fiancé?

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

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

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