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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Felipe want the job of finishing the General’s memoirs to last as long as possible?
(a) To spend more time with Aura.
(b) To solve the mystery of the cats.
(c) To get more money.
(d) To spend more time with Consuelo.

2. What is wrong with the animals Felipe sees making the strange noise he hears in Chapter 3?
(a) They are on fire.
(b) They are transforming into a strange mist.
(c) They are eating each other.
(d) They are staring at him.

3. What does Aura do with the object she rubs on her thighs in Chapter 4?
(a) Swallows it.
(b) Tears it into small pieces.
(c) Wraps it around her shoulders.
(d) Gives half of it to Felipe.

4. What does Conseulo set outside her bedroom door before breakfast in Chapter 3?
(a) A letter to be sent.
(b) Her breakfast tray.
(c) Saga.
(d) Her chamber pot.

5. What does Felipe realize about himself as he is eating dinner in Chapter 4?
(a) He is afraid of Consuelo.
(b) He is not unlike the General.
(c) He is in love with Consuelo.
(d) He is eating mechanically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What herb is Aura growing that has heart-shaped leaves?

2. What noise does Felipe hear when he is finishing shaving at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What does Aura ask Felipe as they make love in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Felipe see crawling toward him at the beginning of his dream in Chapter 4?

5. What does Aura do while Felipe is sitting on her bed in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felipe think of the General’s manuscript, according to the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What is unusual about Aura and Consuelo’s departure from Aura’s room at the end of Chapter 4?

3. What does Felipe see when he finds the source of the strange yowling in Chapter 3?

4. Describe the dream Felipe has in Chapter 4.

5. How does the narrator describe Aura’s ringing of the black bell in Chapter 3?

6. How does Consuelo react when Felipe starts to give his opinion on the first bundle of manuscript pages?

7. What is significant about Aura washing Felipe’s feet in Chapter 4?

8. What does Felipe see Consuelo doing when he peeks in at her after leaving her room in Chapter 3?

9. Why does Felipe want to extend his stay at Consuelo’s house? What does he want to do with his earnings?

10. How does Consuelo react when Felipe says he thought Saga was male?

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