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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eufrasia argue is "evident" in Part I, Chapter 4?
(a) The letters are arriving with such frequency that Mrs. Milagros must speak with Camilo.
(b) Mrs. Milagros has a right to open the letter.
(c) Mrs. Milagros' soup has made Camilo sick.
(d) Matilde is in love with Camilo.

2. What language does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, use to describe the idea that a person needs motive to kill?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) German.

3. How does Camilo react to Mrs. Milagros at the end of Part I, Chapter 4?
(a) He begins to speak.
(b) He works harder on his painting.
(c) He is nervous about her prying, and he begins packing his bag.
(d) He is upset with her, and he yells.

4. Why does Camilo claim that he should leave Rosaura?
(a) He lacks funds.
(b) The relationship is causing too much commotion in the house.
(c) The relationship is dangerous.
(d) Rosaura is a liar.

5. In Part I, Chapter 4, what is missing from the letter that earlier letters had?
(a) A return address, since Rosaura had already left her father's house when she wrote it.
(b) Perfume.
(c) The full address.
(d) The name of the person that the letter was addressed to.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of Part II, Chapter 11, characterize Camilo?

2. Who finds the language of the letters to Camilo to be indecent?

3. What does Mrs. Milagros describe as the "eighth station of the Calvary"?

4. After the dinner described in Part I, Chapter 4, how do the boarding house guests feel?

5. What does Mrs. Milagros hope happens with Rosaura?

(see the answer key)

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