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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two items does Horacio asks Traveler for in Chapter 41?
(a) Yerba and nails.
(b) Eggs and yerba.
(c) Cana and eggs.
(d) Nails and Cana.

2. What does Horacio spread on the ground to protect him from Traveler in Chapter 56?
(a) Oil.
(b) Ball bearings.
(c) Nails.
(d) Tar.

3. Where does Horacio meet Pola for the first time in Chapter 76?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) In a cathedral.
(c) At Berthe Trepat's recital.
(d) At the Cimetaire Pere Lachaisse.

4. In Chapter 50, what misapprehension do both Horacio and Remorino have about each other?
(a) They think the other is the boss.
(b) They think the other is American.
(c) The think the other is flirting.
(d) They think the other is a madman.

5. In Chapter 37, what does traveler do when Cuca and Talita gossip in his apartment?
(a) Listen from the bathroom.
(b) Serve mate to them.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Smoke with his friends.

6. Why does Emanuele decide to perform oral sex on Horacio in Chapter 36?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She decides that he looks too sad.
(c) She is bored.
(d) She wants to take revenge on her former lover.

7. In Chapter 31, what is the only thing that Horacio says he wants?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Anonymity.
(c) Peace.
(d) Maga.

8. Which two characters arrive at Morelli's flat in Chapter 91?
(a) Ossip and Horacio.
(b) Guy Monod and Maga.
(c) Ronald and Babs.
(d) Etienne and Wong.

9. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?
(a) He jumps from his window.
(b) He leaves Buenos Aires.
(c) He marries Gekrepten.
(d) He gets in a fight with Traveler.

10. What is Chapter 32?
(a) A newspaper article.
(b) A chapter form Morelli's new work.
(c) An inner monologue from Ossip.
(d) A letter from Maga.

11. What part of Pola does Horacio kiss in Chapter 64?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her breast.
(c) Her lips.
(d) Her hand.

12. In Chapter 78, what is Horacio convinced about the Travelers' marriage?
(a) It is a perfect union.
(b) It is unknowable to anyone on the outside.
(c) It is dull and lifeless.
(d) Its intimacy is a facade.

13. What does Pola wonder as she and Horacio make love in Chapter 101?
(a) Why she has been feeling ill.
(b) How he makes love to Maga.
(c) How she can end their affair.
(d) What he does when thy are not together.

14. What is the only information about the Club's journey to Morelli's flat included in Chapter 113?
(a) Weather patterns in the area.
(b) Directions and street numbers.
(c) Horacio's private expectations.
(d) Dialogue between them.

15. According to Ossip in Chapter 30, which member of the Club got belligerently drunk at Rocamadour's wake?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Guy Monod.
(c) Perico.
(d) Maga.

Short Answer Questions

1. The commentator in Chapter 147 says that what curtails human freedom?

2. Who makes a speech about it being a momentous night in Chapter 96?

3. What absurdist writer is quoted in Chapter 145?

4. What is La Maga doing in Paris, according to Chapter 35?

5. In Chapter 122, what does Etienne suggest is at the heart of his recent vivid dreams?

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