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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. The narrator buys the following to take to the girl's room EXCEPT one.
(a) Soap.
(b) Magazines.
(c) Lozenges.
(d) Toothbrushes.

2. What does the narrator shout at Rosa Cabarcas after she tries to explain the girl's appearance?
(a) Lies.
(b) Slut.
(c) Damned whores.
(d) My love.

3. Who wanted the narrator to read romance books?
(a) His editor.
(b) His housekeeper.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. Who does the narrator hear singing as he enters the girl's room for the third time?
(a) Italian opera.
(b) American tenor.
(c) Western pop.
(d) Spanish boleros.

5. What name does Rosa Cabarcas call the girl?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Delgadina.
(c) Damiana.
(d) La Nina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of music does the narrator listen to when he is missing the girl?

2. Who takes the ill cat to the veterinarian?

3. What is the painting called that the narrator hangs in the girl's room?

4. What color eyes does the narrator imagine the girl has when she is laughing?

5. The narrator's columns are read on _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with the narrator's cat in Chapter 4?

2. What does the narrator imagine happened during the stormy night?

3. What is the narrator's experience like reading to the girl?

4. What happens when the narrator sees a bicycle that has been hit by a bus?

5. What gifts do the narrator and the girl exchange for Christmas?

6. What does the narrator find on the mirror the morning after his second night with the girl?

7. What does his love for the girl cause the narrator to see about himself?

8. What is the song that the narrator likes to sing to the girl about Delgadina?

9. What does the narrator think is the real explanation for Rosa Cabarcas's long absence?

10. How does the narrator's feeling for the girl change his column?

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