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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator think condemned souls go?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) Havana.
(d) New Jersey.

2. Who would chaperone the narrator's evenings with his fiancé?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) Her father.

3. What month is the narrator's birthday in?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) July.

4. How old is the girl that Rosa Cabarcas finds?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 13 years old.
(c) 16 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

5. Where does the girl work during the day?
(a) Farm.
(b) Factory.
(c) Store.
(d) Home.

6. What does the narrator do for the first time with a woman the night he meets the girl?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Cry.
(c) Stay dressed.
(d) Be kind.

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

8. What does Rosa Cabarcas tell the narrator changes over time?
(a) Morality.
(b) Affections.
(c) Memories.
(d) Stories.

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

10. What does the narrator decide to give himself for a birthday gift?
(a) A cat.
(b) A vacation.
(c) An orgy.
(d) A virgin.

11. Whose statue can the narrator see from his balcony?
(a) A statue of George Washington.
(b) A statue of Christopher Columbus.
(c) A statue of Jose Milan.
(d) A statue of Cesar Chavez.

12. What was the narrator's fiancé wearing the first time he saw her?
(a) Black high heels.
(b) A lace negligee.
(c) An orange flower.
(d) A red dress.

13. The narrator's home is on the sunny side of what park?
(a) San Josephina.
(b) San Nina.
(c) San Jose.
(d) San Nicolas.

14. What is the one flaw of the narrator's home?
(a) Sunny windows during siesta.
(b) Sloping floors.
(c) Loud noise from the street.
(d) Broken windows.

15. What is the name of the girl to whom the narrator was engaged?
(a) Casilda.
(b) Rosaria.
(c) Ximena.
(d) Lucinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find when he goes to turn in his last column?

2. How many children did the narrator's mother hope he would have?

3. How much does the narrator get paid a month to write his column?

4. Who stops the narrator on the street after he gets the cat?

5. How many children did the narrator's fiancé end up having?

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