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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eufrasia learn from a colleague?
(a) Camilo is unable to paint portraits from life.
(b) Camilo had drugs in his pant pocket.
(c) Camilo frequented a house of prostitution.
(d) Camilo lied about his father's death.

2. Which character at the boarding house gives Rosaura a hug in Part I, Chapter 9?
(a) Reguel.
(b) Mrs. Milagros.
(c) Camilo.
(d) Clotilda.

3. What does the investigator notice about Camilo's fingers?
(a) They are short.
(b) They have been scraped.
(c) They are stained with ink.
(d) They are discolored.

4. How does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, characterize the people who live at the boarding house?
(a) As smart.
(b) As ignorant.
(c) As too interested in gossip.
(d) As unkind.

5. How long does Rosaura stay at the boarding house?
(a) Until she marries.
(b) Until she falls sick.
(c) Until she runs away.
(d) Until she has a falling out with Camilo.

6. Who wrote the statement in Part IV?
(a) Mrs. Milagros.
(b) Clotilda.
(c) Matilde.
(d) Eufrasia.

7. Why does Rosaura claim she arrived at the boarding house?
(a) To ask Camilo for money.
(b) To see if rooms were available.
(c) To offer to work as a maid.
(d) To ask about dinner.

8. How do Mrs. Milagros' daughters discover Rosaura's age?
(a) Camilo tells them.
(b) From her identification.
(c) Her father arrives and says she is too young to marry.
(d) She tells them.

9. To whom is the final letter of the book addressed?
(a) Senor T. Iglesias.
(b) Camilo Canegato.
(c) Rosa China.
(d) Mrs. Milagros.

10. At what age does Camilo claim he began working as a painter?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 32.

11. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs. Milagros' attitude about Rosaura?
(a) She is ugly and has acted rude.
(b) She is beautiful and must be brave.
(c) She is simply adjusting to a new life, and should be shown great respect.
(d) She is odd.

12. What does Mrs. Milagros note about Rosaura that causes her to believe Rosaura is not as high-class as she expected?
(a) Her vocabulary.
(b) Her manner of chewing.
(c) Her walk.
(d) Her fingernails.

13. What form does the narrative in Part II, Chapter 11 take?
(a) A song.
(b) A letter.
(c) Someone testifying.
(d) Someone writing.

14. Who narrates Part I, Chapter 10?
(a) Camilo.
(b) Eufrasia.
(c) Mrs. Milagros.
(d) Clotilda.

15. At the end of Part I, Chapter 10, who shouts out to Mrs. Milagros?
(a) The police.
(b) Eufrasia.
(c) Camilo.
(d) Reguel.

Short Answer Questions

1. While all others eat dinner silently, who speaks?

2. What does Rosaura remember from many weekends over the past five years?

3. Who does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, say committed a crime?

4. What does the investigator ask Mrs. Milagros?

5. How does Eufrasia describe the way that the maid speaks?

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