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

2. What do Mrs. Milagros and her daughters do without discussing or agreeing to it, in Part I, Chapter 4?
(a) They write a letter to the return address on the envelope.
(b) They pretend they have not read Camilo's letters.
(c) They invite Camilo to dinner, so they can discuss the situation.
(d) They turn Camilo over to the authorities.

3. How do guests organize for meal times?
(a) They eat at a picnic table in the yard.
(b) They all eat at the same table.
(c) They don't eat together since the kitchen is being remodeled.
(d) They eat in their own rooms.

4. What happens to the boarding house while Camilo stays there?
(a) It becomes well known.
(b) It becomes totally abandoned, and he is the only guest.
(c) It gets painted.
(d) It burns down.

5. What secret do Camilo and Mrs. Milagros share in Part I, Chapter 6 that causes them to share excited glances at the dinner table?
(a) Rosaura was pregnant.
(b) Camilo bought an engagement ring.
(c) Camilo had just been invited to give classes, which would increase his salary tremendously.
(d) Camilo brought back a painting of Rosaura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camilo describe cooking for his father?

2. How does Mrs. Milagros describe watching Camilo go to his room where he will read his letter?

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

4. What is the subject of the painting described in Part I, Chapter 5?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who narrates Part I, Chapter 1, of the text, and why does she tell her story?

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

3. How do others at the boarding house initially react to the letters that Camilo receives?

4. From Mrs. Milagros' description of Camilo in Part I, Chapter 1, and further on in the text, what sense does she give the reader that he may have committed a crime?

5. Why does Camilo claim that he has no family? How does this affect his initial meeting with Mrs. Milagros?

6. In Part I, Chapter 7, how does Mrs. Milagros come to read the contents of the final love letter Camilo receives?

7. In Part I, Chapter 6, how do the people staying at the boarding house begin to talk about Rosaura?

8. In the Part I, Chapter 2, how does Mrs. Milagros characterize Camilo as a boarding house guest?

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

10. How does Mrs. Milagros describe the story of Camilo meeting Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 5?

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