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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which boarding house guests leave the table to greet Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) Nearly all of them.
(b) Coretti and Burbano.
(c) Eufrasia and Matilde.
(d) Camilo and Coretti.

3. Who does Rosaura claim made a false identification for her?
(a) Matilde.
(b) Turco.
(c) The police.
(d) Camilo.

4. Who joins Mrs. Milagros to the door to greet Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) Eufrasia.
(b) The maid.
(c) Mrs. Milagros.
(d) Camilo.

5. What does Camilo say about modern art?
(a) He admires the most innovative paintings.
(b) He wishes he had the personality to make a name for himself as a modern painter.
(c) He finds the colors interesting.
(d) He does not understand it.

6. Which of the following people does Reguel reference?
(a) Christ.
(b) Ghandi.
(c) Tathagata.
(d) Laura Cota.

7. What does Mrs. Milagros worry about taking to the wedding?
(a) Food.
(b) Paper.
(c) Identification.
(d) Wine.

8. What does Mrs. Milagros offer Rosaura?
(a) A chair and coffee.
(b) A seat by the fire.
(c) A copy of her favorite book, so that Rosaura may relax on her own.
(d) Time to be alone with her beloved.

9. Who narrates Part II, Chapter 11?
(a) Clotilda.
(b) Eufrasia.
(c) David Reguel.
(d) Jorge.

10. What is the first place that Rosaura describes going in town?
(a) Her father's house.
(b) A donut shop.
(c) The police station.
(d) Her old apartment.

11. Who does Eufrasia claim may hold the key to the investigation?
(a) The maid.
(b) The woman who does Camilo's laundry.
(c) Camilo's father, who is not dead but living in the suburbs.
(d) Mrs. Milagros.

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

13. Which of the following best characterizes Mrs. Milagros' attitude toward her daughters gossiping about Rosaura?
(a) They should include her in their conversation.
(b) They are being mean.
(c) They should focus on their own flaws.
(d) They should make sure nobody is listening when they gossip.

14. What does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, claim to have predicted?
(a) His own love for Rosaura.
(b) Mrs. Milagros' involvement growing out of control.
(c) Mrs. Milagros' lies.
(d) Rosaura's death.

15. What does the inspector claim Camilo falsified?
(a) His license to drive.
(b) His wedding contract.
(c) His license to work in the country.
(d) An identification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosaura confess about her name?

2. Who at the boarding house has bad manners?

3. How does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, characterize the people who live at the boarding house?

4. At the end of Part I, Chapter 10, who shouts out to Mrs. Milagros?

5. What does Eufrasia claim Elsa may have in her possession?

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