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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 Dom Jaime use to light his way through Carceles' house?

2. What does Campilo ask is Don Luis ever discussed with him?

3. Why does Campillo say he is surprised that Don Jaime survived the attack?

4. Who does the policeman say has sent him?

5. What does Don Jaime place the revolver next to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dona Adela tell Don Jaime about her ex-lover?

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

3. Why does Don Jaime to ask Carceles to read the file?

4. How does Carceles react to reading the file?

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

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

7. Why did Dona Adela kill Don Luis?

8. What reasons does Don Jaime have for protecting Dona Adela?

9. How does Don Jaime prepare for the arrival of his attackers?

10. What can Don Jaime understand from the file?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Don Jaime's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Don Jaime hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Don Jaime ideas about life?

3. How has Don Jaime's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 3

What does the story express about Spanish society during the 1860s? How does the author use the setting to also express contemporary concerns?

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