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

2. What is the first place that Rosaura describes going in town?

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

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

5. How does Rosaura react to Mrs. Milagros' questioning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Milagros treat Rosa when they first meet?

2. What do Mrs. Milagros' daughters learn about Rosaura's name in Part I, Chapter 10?

3. How does Elsa speak?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marco Denevi creates an immediate tension by mentioning an investigation. It is Mrs. Milagros' response to this investigation that opens the book. Describe three details that help build the tension as the story progresses.

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

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?

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