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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. Which of the following best characterize Mrs. Milagros' attitude toward art?
(a) She wishes she could have made a living through her art.
(b) She likes paintings that she can easily understand.
(c) She believes sculpture is much more interesting than painting.
(d) She is skeptical of its value.

2. What does Mrs. Milagros tell her daughters about the letters that arrive to the boarding house?
(a) She is hopeful Camilo is in love.
(b) She is worried.
(c) She hopes Camilo has found work.
(d) She is jealous that she does not receive more mail.

3. In the series of events narrated by Mrs. Milagros, when does she initially claim the story begins?
(a) Two years before she begins her description of the events.
(b) Six months prior to her narrative.
(c) Four years before she begins her narrative.
(d) A year and a half before her narrative begins.

4. How does Mrs. Milagros describe Camilo in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) As unkind.
(b) As verbally abusive.
(c) As innocent.
(d) As intelligent.

5. In Part I, Chapter 4, what is missing from the letter that earlier letters had?
(a) The full address.
(b) Perfume.
(c) A return address, since Rosaura had already left her father's house when she wrote it.
(d) The name of the person that the letter was addressed to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Milagros laugh at Camilo's business card?

2. Why does Camilo claim that he takes powders, pills, and syrups?

3. Which of the following best describes Mrs. Milagros?

4. What does Mrs. Milagros do with the letter that arrives for Camilo in Part I, Chapter 4?

5. Mrs. Milagros opens the book with a description of a guest arriving at her boarding house. Who was that guest?

(see the answer key)

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