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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 narrator buy in the midst of reordering his house?
2. Who do the newspapers accuse of murdering the dead man from Rosa's?
3. What does the narrator decide to call the girl?
4. What does the narrator do with the girl the second night?
5. What color eyes does the narrator imagine the girl has when she is laughing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator do about his cat in the first few days of ownership?
2. Why does Rosa Cabarcas pull the narrator from the girl's bed one night?
3. How does the narrator handle not being able to contact the girl?
4. What does the narrator imagine happened during the stormy night?
5. What does the narrator realize when he chases a girl, thinking she is his Delgadina?
6. What is the narrator's phone conversation like with Rosa Cabarcas after her long absence?
7. What is the song that the narrator likes to sing to the girl about Delgadina?
8. How do the newspapers portray the death of the man murdered at Rosa's?
9. How does the narrator react to the false account of the murdered man?
10. How does the narrator's feeling for the girl change his column?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the difference between the flat and round characters in "Memories of My Melancholy Whores." What purpose did the girl serve in the narrative? What purpose did Rosa Cabarcas serve? Give examples from the book to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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