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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. Who comes to Aurelio Escovar's office for dental work?
(a) Isabel.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) Damaso.
(d) Father Anthony Isabel.

2. Who runs the store in "Dialogue"?
(a) Matilde.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Herman.
(d) Mabel.

3. To what animal is José compared?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) An ox.
(d) A lion.

4. What is mentioned in "Bitterness" as having "a lot of remembered tree and deep river about them"?
(a) The woman's shoes.
(b) The sleepwalkers' dreams.
(c) Macondo's cliffs.
(d) The woman's shouts.

5. What biblical characters are referenced in "The Other Side of Death"?
(a) Jesus and Paul.
(b) Isaac and Rebecca.
(c) Abraham and Sarah.
(d) Jonah and the whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Monologue," what comes to the garden on Tuesday morning?

2. What is the protagonist of "Dialogue" going to have for breakfast?

3. What did the woman in "Eyes" write with on the drugstore floor?

4. How many favorite books does Eva have?

5. What is outside the door in "Eyes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the sleepwalkers try to calm the woman?

2. Explain Eva's relationship to her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat."

3. Explain how the protagonist of "Dialogue" tries to fool his reflection and why.

4. At what point do the characters in "Monologue" start to pray, and why?

5. Describe the setting at the end of "Eva."

6. In "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers," why do the sleepwalkers realize the woman had been a child once?

7. As mentioned in "The Other Side of Death," explain the barber's role in the funeral preparations.

8. What smell is present in "The Other Side of Death," and why is it significant?

9. What causes the woman to fall in "Bitterness," and what happens to her thereafter?

10. Describe the Mayor's reaction to the dental work.

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