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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 Camilo respond to the inspector talking about art?

2. What do Mrs. Milagros' daughters think of Rosaura?

3. At the end of Part I, Chapter 10, who shouts out to Mrs. Milagros?

4. Where does the maid describe traveling?

5. Who discusses meeting Rosaura with Mrs. Milagros after all have gone to their rooms?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Milagros describe the wedding and the party afterward?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What evidence does Elsa, the maid, present to the inspector?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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