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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 note about Rosaura that causes her to believe Rosaura is not as high-class as she expected?

2. Where does the letter describe Rosaura as having lived for five years?

3. What does Camilo claim is the true identity of Rosaura?

4. Where do Camilo and Rosaura plan to go on their honeymoon?

5. How does Camilo respond to the inspector talking about art?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Camilo's idealized mental version of Rosaura compare to who she is in reality?

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

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

4. How does Eufrasia describe the relationship between the maid at the boarding house and Camilo?

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

6. How does Elsa speak?

7. How does Rosaura respond to Mrs. Milagros' questioning, and how does this make Mrs. Milagros feel?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Solving the crime of who killed Rosaura is the pretext for all of the details in the text. Solving the mystery drives the text even before the reader is even aware of the nature of the crime. Describe the speculation of each of the characters on this crime, and finally answer the question of who killed Rosaura and why. Do you believe that this is an interesting or satisfactory resolution to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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