View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adela ask Don Jamie for at the beginning of this section?

2. Why does Don Jaime decide to find Carceles before going to the police?

3. How does the second man try to capture Don Jaime?

4. What does Don Jaime remove from his desk drawer?

5. What is the time of day when Don Jaime leaves the police station?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stops Don Jaime from feeling afraid?

2. Why did Dona Adela kill Don Luis?

3. What do the police say they already know about Don Luis's murder?

4. What happens at three in the morning in this section?

5. What can Don Jaime understand from the file?

6. What decision does Don Jaime make when he finds Carceles gone?

7. What does Don Jaime see at the morgue?

8. How does Carceles react to reading the file?

9. Summarize this section.

10. What danger is Don Jaime now in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way could Don Jaime be called naive? How has Don Jaime's naivety effected his decisions in the story? Do the students think his naivety to blame for the deaths of his friends? What do the students think Don Jaime has learned from the events in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Dona Adela kill Don Luis? What has happened in her life for her to become such a cold person? How does the author slowly unfold her as this cold, vindictive character? what meaning does her character bring to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 841 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample