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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. How is Camilo dressed when he meets Mrs. Milagros?
2. How does Mrs. Milagros describe Camilo's letters?
3. What does Mrs. Milagros tell her daughters about the letters that arrive to the boarding house?
4. Why does Mrs. Milagros not wish to open the final letter delivered for Camilo from Rosaura?
5. What does Mrs. Milagros' daughter Enilde do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Milagros describe the story of Camilo meeting Rosaura in Part I, Chapter 5?
2. How does the author create an immediate sense of urgency and suspense in Part I, Chapter 1?
3. What does Mrs. Milagros tell the inspector about Camilo's business?
4. In Part I, Chapter 7, what relationship does David Reguel now claim to have with Rosaura?
5. 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?
6. In the Part I, Chapter 3, at what point does Mrs. Milagros claim that things changed at the boarding house?
7. Who is Eufrasia Morales?
8. What is David Reguel's response to Camilo's portrait of Rosaura?
9. What new restoration project does Camilo describe in Part I, Chapter 5? How did he receive this work?
10. Why does Camilo claim that he has no family? How does this affect his initial meeting with Mrs. Milagros?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What people and things are presented as unimportant but turn out to be central to the novel's mystery?
Essay Topic 2
Mrs. Milagros' narrative voice sets the tone for the story. How does her particular voice and perspective define the text? What are her beliefs and feelings that most affect how we see her and other characters?
Essay Topic 3
Marco Denevi creates an immediate tension by mentioning an investigation. It is Mrs. Milagros' response to this investigation that opens the book. Describe three details that help build the tension as the story progresses.
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