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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. On the nights in December, what does the narrator detect in the air?

2. Who does the narrator think can lead him to the lost girl?

3. The narrator goes to a ________ to learn more about the girl's soul.

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

5. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator should do with the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator handle not being able to contact the girl?

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

3. How do the newspapers portray the death of the man murdered at Rosa's?

4. What kind of objects does the narrator bring to the girl's room?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is ironic about the narrator's ninetieth year? How does the author draw on this irony to illustrate a greater truth?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of the girl and the paradox of her age and innocence. Support your discussion with references to the text.

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