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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator consider his native tongue?
2. Who gives the narrator the cat for his birthday?
3. What does the narrator do the night after he first sees the girl?
4. What was the narrator told would flee from his body when he died?
5. How much does the narrator agree to pay Rosa Cabracas for his birthday night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of gifts does the narrator get from the newspaper staff for his birthday?
2. What is the narrator's economic situation?
3. What evidence does the narrator give of his healthy sex life?
4. What do the narrator and Rosa Cabarcas discuss in phone calls the day following his first night with the girl?
5. Why does the narrator not consummate his first visit with the girl?
6. What does the narrator decide to give himself for a birthday gift?
7. What was the contrast between the narrator's sex life and his regular life?
8. Describe how the narrator almost married once.
9. What is the current occupation of the narrator?
10. How has the narrator supplemented his income over the years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the purpose of the narrator investigating the young girl hit by a bus on her bicycle? Why does the narrator go to the hospital in order to see the victim? What is the greater truth he discovers while he is there?
Essay Topic 2
What does the narrator remember when he returns to the part of town where his father used to work? What does this memory illuminate about the narrator and the choices he made throughout his life?
Essay Topic 3
Is the narrator in love with the girl's body, or is there some deeper meaning to their relationship for the narrator? Is there something from the narrator's past that explains his obsession with this girl? Provide quotes and examples from the book to support your statements.
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