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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 detail of Camilo's story causes Eufrasia to doubt its veracity?
(a) She doubted a wealthy woman would fall in love with a painter.
(b) She learned that Camilo did not know how to hold a paintbrush properly.
(c) Camilo had clients on Mondays and could not possibly be where he said he was.
(d) Rosaura posed for his portraits.

2. What does Rosaura confess about her name?
(a) She pretended to be Rosaura but never wrote any letters.
(b) She only called herself Rosaura to throw her father off if he found her old letters.
(c) Marta is her real name.
(d) Aracely is her real name.

3. Who does the maid describe calling?
(a) The police.
(b) A public speaker.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Mrs. Milagros.

4. How is the investigator's involvement in Part III different from previous sections?
(a) He now speaks directly.
(b) He is now interviewing multiple characters at once.
(c) He is no longer involved in the case.
(d) He now communicates through a prison phone.

5. What do Mrs. Milagros' daughters comment about how Rosaura spoke the first night she arrived at the boarding house?
(a) She seemed to lie.
(b) She was talkative.
(c) She never spoke.
(d) She did not have the same vocabulary as in the letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eufrasia learn from a colleague?

2. What area does Rosaura say she is from?

3. What does Mrs. Milagros note about Rosaura that she believes demonstrates she had a fight with her father?

4. Which boarding house guests leave the table to greet Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 8?

5. How long ago does Mrs. Milagros claim that the wedding took place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationship develops between Rosaura and David Reguel?

2. How does Camilo describe his process as a painter? How did he paint Mrs. Milagros and her daughters?

3. What clues are there in Part I, Chapter 9 that Camilo and Rosa's relationship is not what it seems?

4. How does Eufrasia claim that the boarding house maid reacts to Camilo's wedding?

5. Why do the police show up at the boarding house? How does Mrs. Milagros deal with the intrusion?

6. How does Rosaura first come to the boarding house? How is she greeted?

7. How does Camilo describe the way in which Rosaura came into his life in Part III?

8. What do Mrs. Milagros' daughters learn about Rosaura's name in Part I, Chapter 10?

9. What evidence does Elsa, the maid, present to the inspector?

10. Why does Reguel claim he foresaw a crime? How does he describe Camilo's character?

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