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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. Who does Rosaura claim made a false identification for her?

2. Who wrote the statement in Part IV?

3. How long does Rosaura stay at the boarding house?

4. How does Rosaura interact with the people at the boarding house?

5. Who does Camilo claim wrote the love letters to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, how does Eufrasia describe knowing that something was not quite right in Camilo's description of his relationship with Rosaura?

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

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

4. Describe David Reguel's language.

5. How does Eufrasia describe the day of the fight that Mrs. Milagros and David Reguel also testify about?

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

7. How does Reguel describe Mrs. Milagros and the other boarders?

8. How does David Reguel explain Camilo and Rosaura's relationship?

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

10. How does Mrs. Milagros describe learning of a crime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two little discussed characters in the novel are the maid Elsa and the man who kills Rosaura (Turco). Why do you believe that the author includes so little detail about these characters?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Which characters are described as having unique "manias," or odd idiosyncratic ways of doing things? What role do these play in the novel?

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