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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 all of the years Camilo has stayed with Mrs. Milagros, which of the following best describes their relationship?
(a) Like a mother and son.
(b) Like lovers.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Hateful.

2. How does Mrs. Milagros claim Camilo speaks about art?
(a) Knowledgably and enthusiastically.
(b) Timidly.
(c) As a well-informed technician but without imagination in terms of the subject.
(d) Unintelligently, though he does know how to paint.

3. What does Camilo paint while working on a larger oil painting?
(a) A small portrait of Rosaura.
(b) A smaller image of the house.
(c) A gift for Mrs. Milagros.
(d) A letter proposing to his love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camilo tell Mrs. Milagros happened to his father just before meeting her?

2. Where does Mrs. Milagros hang the painting "La Madrilena"?

3. In Part I, Chapter 3, what does Mrs. Milagros claim happened six months ago?

4. What does Mrs. Milagros encourage Camilo to do in Part I, Chapter 4?

5. What does the letter that Camilo receives smell of?

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

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

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

5. Who is Eufrasia Morales?

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

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

8. What does Mrs. Milagros tell the inspector about Camilo's business?

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

10. In Part I, Chapter 3, how does Mrs. Milagros describe the contents of the letters that Camilo receives and who they are from?

(see the answer keys)

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