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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps the narrator write a front page story about the dead man?
(a) Rosa Cabarcus.
(b) Editor-in-chief.
(c) Crime reporter.
(d) Legal reporter.

2. What did the narrator's mother die from?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Broken heart.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

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

4. For how many years did the narrator's fiancé leave the country after he left her at the altar?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. How old was the narrator when he started living in the house alone?
(a) 22 years old.
(b) 52 years old.
(c) 32 years old.
(d) 42 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator do after he destroys the girls room?

2. What does the discreet driver warn the narrator happens at Rosa's house?

3. How many women does the narrator have on a list of sexual conquests by his fifties?

4. What does the storm destroy at the narrator's house?

5. Who does the narrator hear singing as he enters the girl's room for the third time?

(see the answer key)

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