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

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

3. What does Rosa Cabarcas want to give the narrator for his birthday?
(a) A record.
(b) Love.
(c) The girl.
(d) A painting.

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

5. What is the topic of the narrator's birthday column?
(a) Youth.
(b) Old age.
(c) His mother.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What day of the week does the narrator's birthday fall on?

4. How old is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper?

5. How many years did the housekeeper cry over her love for the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's experience like when he goes to the animal shelter to pick up his cat?

2. What evidence does the narrator give of his healthy sex life?

3. Describe how the narrator almost married once.

4. How does the narrator describe his writing desk?

5. What happens when the narrator goes to turn in his resignation at the newspaper?

6. How does the narrator describe the editor of the newspaper?

7. What evidence does the narrator give of how he is aging?

8. Why does the narrator not consummate his first visit with the girl?

9. What was the contrast between the narrator's sex life and his regular life?

10. What do the narrator and Rosa Cabarcas discuss in phone calls the day following his first night with the girl?

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