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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What left the narrator no time for marriage?

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

3. What does the housekeeper give the narrator for his birthday?

4. Who would chaperone the narrator's evenings with his fiancé?

5. What is the one flaw of the narrator's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator not consummate his first visit with the girl?

4. What is the only long term relationship in the narrator's life?

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

6. What evidence does the narrator give of his healthy sex life?

7. How does Rosa treat the narrator when he comes to meet the girl?

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

9. What is the narrator's economic situation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the gift that the girl gives to the narrator throughout the novel? Is the inheritance he will leave her a greater gift than the one she has given him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the allegorical implications of the song of Delgadina. Define allegory and provide examples or quotes to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

What could the message scrawled in lipstick in the mirror mean and what is the larger purpose for this element of the plot? Give examples from the book to support your discussion.

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