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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 the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, claim Mrs. Milagros misrepresented?

2. From whom does Mrs. Milagros hide Rosaura?

3. Which of the following people does Reguel reference?

4. What does the investigator ask Camilo if he would like?

5. Where does the maid lead the inspector in Part V?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Reguel claim he foresaw a crime? How does he describe Camilo's character?

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

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

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

8. How does Elsa speak?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Mrs. Milagros' narrative voice sets the tone for the story. How does her particular voice and perspective define the text? What are her beliefs and feelings that most affect how we see her and other characters?

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