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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Camilo carry with him to the boarding house?

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

5. Which of the following best describes Mrs. Milagros' reaction to Rosaura's letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Milagros react when she reads Camilo's letters? What does she tell Camilo?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosaura has had several names and identities during her life. What names has she had? Why has she had these names? Do any of the other characters share with her having had several identities?

Essay Topic 2

Rosaura's letters are important documents in the text, but other documents also become important. Which documents are central to the plot?

Essay Topic 3

There are several recurring motifs in the text. What are these? Give specific examples from the text, and explain why you think that the author has chosen to repeat these ideas.

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