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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Milagros describe as difficult ("un arte nada facil") for the owners of boarding houses?
(a) Making sure clients keep the place clean so as to avoid attracting mice.
(b) Creating meals that satisfy everyone's tastes.
(c) To find and select clients.
(d) Making sure her young children are not negatively influenced by the presence of her guests.

2. Who receives the final letter that arrives at the house for Camilo?
(a) The maid.
(b) Matilde.
(c) Mrs. Milagros.
(d) Camilo himself.

3. How does Mrs. Milagros claim Camilo speaks about art?
(a) Timidly.
(b) As a well-informed technician but without imagination in terms of the subject.
(c) Unintelligently, though he does know how to paint.
(d) Knowledgably and enthusiastically.

4. Why does Mrs. Milagros feel bad after laughing at Camilo?
(a) She does not want to set a bad example for her own daughters.
(b) Camilo could hear her.
(c) Camilo seems more kind to her than she was being in return.
(d) She worries that she may have insulted his family.

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

6. What does Eufrasia argue is "evident" in Part I, Chapter 4?
(a) Mrs. Milagros' soup has made Camilo sick.
(b) The letters are arriving with such frequency that Mrs. Milagros must speak with Camilo.
(c) Mrs. Milagros has a right to open the letter.
(d) Matilde is in love with Camilo.

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

8. Initially, what does Mrs. Milagros believe is Camilo's job?
(a) Something related to the law.
(b) A writer.
(c) A letter delivery person.
(d) An athlete.

9. Which of the following best describes Mrs. Milagros?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Soft spoken.
(c) Untactful.
(d) Happy.

10. After the dinner described in Part I, Chapter 4, how do the boarding house guests feel?
(a) As if at a party.
(b) Worried about what they have done.
(c) Full and sleepy.
(d) Dreary.

11. What color is Rosaura's hair?
(a) Blond.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

12. Where does Mrs. Milagros hang the painting "La Madrilena"?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In her green room.
(d) In the restroom.

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

14. How does Mrs. Milagros describe the image she sees of Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) A pretty, if common looking, woman.
(b) A beautiful young woman.
(c) An ugly, tired face.
(d) A suitable match, but nothing to write home about.

15. How does Mrs. Milagros claim she learns more about Camilo's love life?
(a) He reads her the letters he writes in response to Rosaura.
(b) He shares with her his paintings of Rosaura.
(c) He now reads her Rosaura's letters.
(d) He shares details with her every Monday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes how Camilo works?

3. How does Mrs. Milagros imagine Rosaura's character?

4. How does Mrs. Milagros characterize Camilo as a boarding house guest?

5. What does Camilo tell Mrs. Milagros that he does for a living?

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