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

2. What does the maid show the inspector in Part V?

3. What does Eufrasia claim Elsa may have in her possession?

4. What do Mrs. Milagros' daughters comment about how Rosaura spoke the first night she arrived at the boarding house?

5. Why do Mrs. Milagros' daughters want to see Rosaura's identification?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Mrs. Milagros' daughters take an interest in Rosaura's identification?

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 Mrs. Milagros describe the wedding and the party afterward?

6. How is the role of the inspector in Part III different from his role in earlier chapters?

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

8. What does Mrs. Milagros discuss with her daughters about Rosaura after first meeting her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used from the very beginning of the book, as mention is made that an investigation is happening, though the reader knows nothing of the crime or even the players involved. Describe two other ways in which foreshadowing and other ways of looking at time non-linearly contribute to the text.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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