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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do guests organize for meal times?
(a) They eat in their own rooms.
(b) They all eat at the same table.
(c) They eat at a picnic table in the yard.
(d) They don't eat together since the kitchen is being remodeled.

2. What does Mrs. Milagros describe as the "eighth station of the Calvary"?
(a) The eighth letter.
(b) The eighth time the investigator arrives at the door.
(c) Eight o'clock in the evening.
(d) The eighth birth at the boarding house.

3. What do Mrs. Milagros and her daughters do without discussing or agreeing to it, in Part I, Chapter 4?
(a) They write a letter to the return address on the envelope.
(b) They pretend they have not read Camilo's letters.
(c) They invite Camilo to dinner, so they can discuss the situation.
(d) They turn Camilo over to the authorities.

4. What does the letter that Camilo receives smell of?
(a) Paint.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Cigar smoke.

5. How does Mrs. Milagros believe she should respond to Camilo's letters?
(a) Like an angry father.
(b) Like a concerned rent collector.
(c) Like a jealous lover.
(d) Like a concerned mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does the letter described in Part I, Chapter 4 arrive?

2. Who is David Reguel?

3. Who finds the language of the letters to Camilo to be indecent?

4. Which of the boarders does Mrs. Milagros claim is most affected by the letters?

5. What does Mrs. Milagros describe as difficult ("un arte nada facil") for the owners of boarding houses?

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