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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. Before the narrator falls asleep on the third night with the girl he _________.
(a) Kisses her lips.
(b) Cries.
(c) Takes her pulse.
(d) Says a prayer.

2. What does the narrator wear to sleep with the girl?
(a) Flannel pajamas.
(b) Chinese silk pajamas.
(c) Silk boxers.
(d) Nothing.

3. The narrator imagines singing love duets by _________ with the girl.
(a) Puccini.
(b) Bach.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Manccini.

4. What does Rosa Cabarcas suggest the narrator should do with the girl?
(a) Leave the girl.
(b) Rape the girl.
(c) Marry the girl.
(d) Forget the girl.

5. What upsets the narrator most about the girl's appearance after their time apart?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her make-up.
(c) Her dress.
(d) Her jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the bicycle accident that the narrator thinks the girl is involved in?

2. The narrator buys the following to take to the girl's room EXCEPT one.

3. What does the narrator imagine the girl asking him about at breakfast?

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

5. Who takes the ill cat to the veterinarian?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gifts do the narrator and the girl exchange for Christmas?

2. What does the narrator do to try to rectify the false account of the banker's death?

3. Why does the narrator trace the sleeping girl's hand?

4. What happens when the narrator sees a bicycle that has been hit by a bus?

5. What happens with the narrator's cat in Chapter 4?

6. Why does Rosa Cabarcas pull the narrator from the girl's bed one night?

7. How does his time with the girl change the narrator?

8. How does the narrator's feeling for the girl change his column?

9. What kind of objects does the narrator bring to the girl's room?

10. What happens when the narrator arrives at Rosa Cabarcas's to see the girl after a month apart?

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