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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 does the girl do while the narrator destroys the room?

2. Where do the newspapers report the dead man from Rosa's was killed?

3. What book does the narrator read to the girl?

4. Beside searching the streets and hospitals, where else does the narrator look for the girl?

5. Who does the girl spend Christmas with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator do to try to rectify the false account of the banker's death?

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

3. How does his time with the girl change the narrator?

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

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

6. What is the narrator's phone conversation like with Rosa Cabarcas after her long absence?

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

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

9. How does the narrator react to the false account of the murdered man?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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