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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 Dona Ardela ask for when Don Jaime asks for the identity of the dead woman?

2. Why does Don Jaime say he didn't disclose the truth to the police?

3. What does Don Jaime want to do before he hands over the file to the police?

4. What does Don Jaime drink after dinner?

5. Which of Don Adela's employees are the police unable to find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Campillo say he has about Dona Adela's death?

2. What danger is Don Jaime now in?

3. In what way is Don Jaime already deeply involved in the murder case?

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

5. Why does Don Jaime decide not to flee?

6. Why does Don Jaime think Dona Adela could be the murderer?

7. Why did Dona Adela kill Don Luis?

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

9. Why id Don Jaime so horrified about what has happened to Don Luis?

10. Why does Dona Adela say Don Jaime didn't understand the file?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the following terms;

1. Compound attack.

2. The short lunge.

3. Glissade.

4. Appel.

How does the author use the fencing terms as part of the narrative structure?

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

What are Don Jaime's views on one of the following subjects.

1. Religion.

2. Politics.

3. Feminism.

How has fencing shaped his views on that subject?

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