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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. What does Mrs. Milagros do with the letter that arrives for Camilo in Part I, Chapter 4?

2. How does Mrs. Milagros claim Camilo speaks about art?

3. In Part I, Chapter 6, why do Mrs. Milagros and her daughters join Camilo in his room?

4. Why does Camilo claim that he should leave Rosaura?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 2, what are the signs that Camilo may have some unusual habits or character traits?

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

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

4. What opinion and advice does Mrs. Milagros give Camilo about his love?

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

6. How does Camilo react to the letter that he receives telling him that he and his love must be separated and that he should be patient and wait?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Milagros tells Camilo's story in great detail (even scenes that take place away from her that Camilo only told her about). This serves to keep readers interested but also says something about her relationship with Camilo. What does this say about her relationship with Camilo and what she believes to be true?

Essay Topic 2

What people and things are presented as unimportant but turn out to be central to the novel's mystery?

Essay Topic 3

In the first part of the novel, several weeks after Camilo moves in, the narrator follows Camilo to his studio to see what it's like. She is impressed by his business and can't believe that people pay him so much money to restore their paintings. At this point, the difference in Camilo's finances and Mrs. Milagros' finances is underlined. At what other points in the book is the theme of money addressed by comparing the way that two different characters live due to their financial situations?

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