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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 Felipe use to look at the plants Aura is growing in Chapter 4?

2. How long does Felipe want to spend doing his own work, according to Chapter 3?

3. How old is Consuelo, according to Felipe’s calculations in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is Felipe going to ask about at lunch in Chapter 3 while Consuelo is complaining to Aura?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What two conclusions does Felipe draw after the meal with Aura and Consuelo in Chapter 3?

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

4. Describe the dream Felipe has in Chapter 4.

5. Describe Felipe’s dream in Chapter 3.

6. What disturbs Felipe about himself while he eats dinner alone in Chapter 4?

7. What is different about Aura when Felipe goes to her in Chapter 4? Why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define point of view. Identify and explain the three types of point of view. What is the point of view of Aura? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Define Freytag’s Pyramid. Identify and define each element of Freytag’s Pyramid, and provide an example of each from Aura.

Essay Topic 3

Write a brief literary analysis and critique of Aura.

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