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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What birthday is the narrator celebrating at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 80th birthday.
(b) 90th birthday.
(c) 70th birthday.
(d) 100th birthday.

2. What kind of cat does the narrator get for his birthday?
(a) Tabby.
(b) Angora.
(c) Siamese.
(d) Long-hair.

3. With whom does the narrator have his longest relationship?
(a) His cat.
(b) His housekeeper.
(c) His dog.
(d) Rosa Cabarcas.

4. What day does the narrator's column appear in the paper?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

5. Who does the narrator call at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Ximena Ortiz.
(b) The girl.
(c) Rosa Cabarcas.
(d) The editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator should do with the girl?

2. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?

3. What does the narrator rush to save from the leak in his house?

4. Rosa Cabarcas offers the narrator another girl whose father wants __________.

5. The narrator imagines singing love duets by _________ with the girl.

(see the answer key)

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