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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 tell her daughters about the letters that arrive to the boarding house?
(a) She is hopeful Camilo is in love.
(b) She is jealous that she does not receive more mail.
(c) She hopes Camilo has found work.
(d) She is worried.

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

3. What does the person want who arrives at Camilo's studio in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) To run away with him.
(b) To ask some questions.
(c) To get help with a painting.
(d) To offer him money to leave his daughter alone.

4. What does Mrs. Milagros describe as the "eighth station of the Calvary"?
(a) Eight o'clock in the evening.
(b) The eighth letter.
(c) The eighth time the investigator arrives at the door.
(d) The eighth birth at the boarding house.

5. What does Camilo describe cooking for his father?
(a) Spicy chicken.
(b) Cheesy snacks.
(c) Beef.
(d) Pasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Milagros say that she does too often?

2. Initially, what does Mrs. Milagros believe is Camilo's job?

3. From what did Mrs. Milagros' husband die?

4. Who questions whether Camilo has a clear vision of Rosaura?

5. Who receives the final letter that arrives at the house for Camilo?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How is the letter described in Part I, Chapter 4 different from the earlier letters?

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

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

5. What do we learn about Mrs. Milagros, the narrator of Part I, Chapter 1, from her own descriptions of other characters at the beginning of the text?

6. In the Part I, Chapter 3, at what point does Mrs. Milagros claim that things changed at the boarding house?

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

8. How does Mrs. Milagros first see an image of Rosaura?

9. Once Mrs. Milagros has read Camilo's final love letter, what advice does she offer him?

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

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