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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the narrator the cat for his birthday?
(a) Printers.
(b) Censor.
(c) Editor.
(d) Secretaries.

2. Where does the narrator run into Casilda Armenta?
(a) The market.
(b) Brothel.
(c) The bus.
(d) The street.

3. What does Rosa Cabarcas think is the narrator's problem when it comes to the girl?
(a) Empty nest syndrome.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Senile dementia.
(d) Sexual problems.

4. Where does the narrator find a message scrawled in lipstick in the girl's room?
(a) On the wall.
(b) On the sheet.
(c) On the mirror.
(d) On the floor.

5. The narrator begins to enter the brothel through the back door instead of the ___ door.
(a) Secret.
(b) Front.
(c) Orchard.
(d) Forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the red light district where the narrator spent most nights?

2. The narrator refers to fame as a __________.

3. Where do the newspapers report the dead man from Rosa's was killed?

4. Who does the narrator think stole the gems from his mother's jewels?

5. How many of the 48 original employees of the paper are still alive?

(see the answer key)

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