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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Milagros say that she does too often?
(a) Nap.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Yell.
(d) Cry.

2. Mrs. Milagros opens the book with a description of a guest arriving at her boarding house. Who was that guest?
(a) Brooke Castillo.
(b) Carlos Rios.
(c) Lila Lombrozo.
(d) Camilo Canegato.

3. How does Mrs. Milagros describe watching Camilo go to his room where he will read his letter?
(a) Like a manager, sending an entertainer out to the stage.
(b) Like a mother watching a son go to war.
(c) Like a hopeless romantic, hoping for the best.
(d) Like a mother watching a bird leave the nest.

4. How do Mrs. Milagros' daughters relate to Camilo?
(a) They become his painting students.
(b) They become infatuated with him, much to Mrs. Milagros' dismay.
(c) They become familiar with him and like him.
(d) They learn to create their own medicines from him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gives Camilo his letter in Part I, Chapter 4?

3. Why does Camilo claim that he should leave Rosaura?

4. What does Mrs. Milagros hope happens with Rosaura?

5. What does Mrs. Milagros suggest that Camilo do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new restoration project does Camilo describe in Part I, Chapter 5? How did he receive this work?

2. What are Mrs. Milagros' first impressions of Camilo? How does she describe them?

3. How does the author create an immediate sense of urgency and suspense in Part I, Chapter 1?

4. Who is David Reguel, and how is he introduced in the book?

5. How does Mrs. Milagros react to Eufrasia's idea to read the letter that arrives in Part I, Chapter 4?

6. What is Camilo's arrangement to work on the new restoration project described in Part I, Chapter 5?

7. Who is Eufrasia Morales?

8. What opinion and advice does Mrs. Milagros give Camilo about his love?

9. In Part I, Chapter 7, what relationship does David Reguel now claim to have with Rosaura?

10. What is David Reguel's response to Camilo's portrait of Rosaura?

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