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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 subjects did the narrator teach?

2. How many children did the narrator's fiancé end up having?

3. How many women does the narrator have on a list of sexual conquests by his fifties?

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

5. The narrator compares his weekly column to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's economic situation?

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

3. How does the narrator describe his writing desk?

4. What is the current occupation of the narrator?

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

6. What happens when the narrator goes to turn in his resignation at the newspaper?

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

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

9. Describe how the narrator almost married once.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the narrator remember when he returns to the part of town where his father used to work? What does this memory illuminate about the narrator and the choices he made throughout his life?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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