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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 form does the narrative in Part II, Chapter 11 take?

2. What does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, claim to have predicted?

3. What area does Rosaura say she is from?

4. Who narrates Part II, Chapter 11?

5. Which boarding house guests leave the table to greet Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 8?

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 Eufrasia describe the relationship between the maid at the boarding house and Camilo?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe David Reguel's language.

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

Mrs. Milagros is intensely frustrated by Camilo's lack of gumption when he receives the letter from Rosa telling him farewell. Her repressed romantic notions have entangled her in Camilo's love affair. She wants a happy ending, and she's willing to risk herself to obtain the happy ending for Camilo. She cannot understand Camilo's reaction to this letter, but she assumes it is because he is not like other men, not because the story does not add up. The reader, seeing the story from several perspectives, may disagree. How are the characters' different perspectives used to shape the storyline?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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