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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. How do Mrs. Milagros' daughters relate to Camilo?
(a) They learn to create their own medicines from him.
(b) They become infatuated with him, much to Mrs. Milagros' dismay.
(c) They become his painting students.
(d) They become familiar with him and like him.

2. Which of the following best describes how Camilo works?
(a) With loud music.
(b) Under bright lights, with all of the blinds open.
(c) Thoroughly engaged in his work.
(d) Easily distracted.

3. What does Camilo tell Mrs. Milagros happened to his father just before meeting her?
(a) He had an affair.
(b) He died.
(c) He mocked him and forced him to leave his home.
(d) He had to leave town, running from the law.

4. After all of the years Camilo has stayed with Mrs. Milagros, which of the following best describes their relationship?
(a) Antagonistic.
(b) Like lovers.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Like a mother and son.

5. On what day does the letter described in Part I, Chapter 4 arrive?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears at Camilo's studio at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 5?

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

3. How does Mrs. Milagros characterize the understanding of the other boarding house guests of Camilo's relationship?

4. What form does Mrs. Milagros' narration take?

5. According to Mrs. Milagros, on what day does Camilo visit the writer of the letters?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Milagros describe Camilo's self-confidence and interest in romance in Part I, Chapter 2? What does Camilo tell her that shows his attitude in this area?

2. What are Mrs. Milagros' first impressions of Camilo? How does she describe them?

3. What is David Reguel's response to Camilo's portrait of Rosaura?

4. Why does Camilo claim that he has no family? How does this affect his initial meeting with Mrs. Milagros?

5. How does Mrs. Milagros describe the story of Camilo meeting Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 5?

6. In the Part I, Chapter 2, how does Mrs. Milagros characterize Camilo as a boarding house guest?

7. In Part I, Chapter 6, how do the people staying at the boarding house begin to talk about Rosaura?

8. What new restoration project does Camilo describe in Part I, Chapter 5? How did he receive this work?

9. How does Camilo react to the letter that he receives telling him that he and his love must be separated and that he should be patient and wait?

10. Once Mrs. Milagros has read Camilo's final love letter, what advice does she offer him?

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