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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chapter 143 take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) London.
(d) Montevideo.

2. What image does Horacio use in Chapter 73 to describe the meaninglessness of intellectual life in Paris?
(a) Colorless fire.
(b) Idiotic musings.
(c) Silent music.
(d) Scentless perfume.

3. What does Maga tell Horacio when he leaves her flat at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Bring milk back for Rocomadour.
(b) She is going to see Ossip.
(c) She still loves him.
(d) Not to return.

4. In Chapter 109, how does Morelli say he tells a character's story?
(a) Through disconnected moments.
(b) Through dialogue.
(c) Through narration.
(d) Through a succession of quotes.

5. For what item do Maga and Horacio have in impromptu funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) A gramophone.
(b) A hat.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A telephone.

6. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Maga say she does not want to do with Rocamadour?
(a) Feed him.
(b) Send him back to the country.
(c) Take him to a hospital.
(d) Hold him.

7. Why does Maga say she won't go to sleep in Chapter 26?
(a) It would be rude to Ossip.
(b) Rocamadour is still sick.
(c) Horacio will be back for his things.
(d) She is not tired.

8. Who arrives with news of Guy Monod's suicide attempt in Chapter 28?
(a) Perico.
(b) Etienne.
(c) Wong.
(d) Babs and Ronald.

9. In whose flat does the jazz listening session of this section take place?
(a) Horacio's.
(b) Ronald and Bab's.
(c) Ossip's.
(d) Wong's.

10. In Chapter 62, Morelli says he has done away with what in his characters?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Psychological reasoning.
(c) Objectives.
(d) Back-stories.

11. How does Ossip describe himself in Chapter 24?
(a) An intellect.
(b) An explorer.
(c) A voyeur.
(d) A lover.

12. What does one vendor in Chapter 8 warn Horacio and Maga will kill his fish?
(a) Larger fish.
(b) Cold water.
(c) Hot weather.
(d) Loneliness.

13. According to Ossip in Chapter 26, what is Paris?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A metaphor.
(c) The new Babylon.
(d) A cesspool.

14. Which of the following characters stays with Maga at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Ossip.

15. Why can't Horacio leave Berthe Trepat as he walks her home in Chapter 23?
(a) She is threatening to kill herself.
(b) She has his wallet.
(c) He does not know the neighborhood.
(d) She is clinging to his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?

2. What are Maga and Horacio doing in the Quai de Megisserie in Chapter 8?

3. In Chapter 2, where does Rocamadour live before coming to live with Horacio and Maga?

4. Why is Pola dying in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 6, Horacio is amazed by La Maga's disdain for what?

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