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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 caused the bicycle accident that the narrator thinks the girl is involved in?
(a) A car.
(b) A bus.
(c) Rain.
(d) A cat.

2. The first time the narrator hears the girl's voice she talks about ___.
(a) Frogs.
(b) Snails.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cows.

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

4. What does the narrator do in a desperate attempt the pass the time while the girl is missing?
(a) Crochet.
(b) Walk.
(c) Sing.
(d) Cook.

5. What does the narrator wear around his house?
(a) Silk robe.
(b) Hair shirt.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mechanics overalls.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator imagines singing love duets by _________ with the girl.

2. Who does the narrator hear singing as he enters the girl's room for the third time?

3. The narrator begins to enter the brothel through the back door instead of the ___ door.

4. The narrator's column becomes ________.

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator after he destroys the girl's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rosa Cabarcas pull the narrator from the girl's bed one night?

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

4. What does the narrator discuss during his breakfasts with Rosa Cabarcas?

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

6. What does the narrator realize when he chases a girl, thinking she is his Delgadina?

7. What does the narrator do about his cat in the first few days of ownership?

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

9. What happens when the narrator arrives at Rosa Cabarcas's to see the girl after a month apart?

10. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator the girl's life is like?

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