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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 122, what does Etienne suggest is at the heart of his recent vivid dreams?
(a) A need to move.
(b) Sexual dissatisfaction.
(c) Professional frustration.
(d) Guilt over Maga.

2. In Chapter 92, where do Pola and Horacio have their second tryst?
(a) A hotel in Bern.
(b) Horacio's flat.
(c) Pola's flat.
(d) A park.

3. Why is Morelli excited to see Horacio in Chapter 154?
(a) He has received Horacio's fan mail.
(b) Horacio says he is his biggest fan.
(c) He wants visitors.
(d) Horacio has booze.

4. In Chapter 43, what does Talita reveal about Traveler's strained state of mind?
(a) He is talking to himself.
(b) He has started yelling at her.
(c) He is losing weight.
(d) He cannot sleep.

5. Who makes a speech about it being a momentous night in Chapter 96?
(a) Perico.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Babs.
(d) Horacio.

6. Which character gets trapped between two windows in Chapter 41?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Gekrepten.
(c) Talita.
(d) Traveler.

7. Which of the following is not a topic upon which Morelli expounds in Chapter 154?
(a) His own writing.
(b) Algeria.
(c) Chess.
(d) Ezra Pound.

8. What does Horacio do with toothpaste in Chapter 75?
(a) Writes on the walls.
(b) Draws on a mirror.
(c) Brushes his teeth.
(d) Puts a mustache on Gekrepten.

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

10. What absurdist writer is quoted in Chapter 145?
(a) Ionesco.
(b) Gombrowicz.
(c) Durrenmatt.
(d) Camus.

11. Which two Serpent Club members appear incongruously in Chapter 102?
(a) Ronald and Wong.
(b) Etienne and Maga.
(c) Perico and Guy Monod.
(d) Babs and Ossip.

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

13. In Chapter 98, what does Horacio realize that Maga never needed to do?
(a) Leave Montevideo.
(b) Justify her actions.
(c) Have someone to love.
(d) Read a book.

14. What is the topic of the letter in the Observer in Chapter 146?
(a) Show horses.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Modern literature.
(d) Courtship.

15. The commentator in Chapter 147 says that what curtails human freedom?
(a) Christian dialectics.
(b) Communism.
(c) Marriage laws.
(d) Social mores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a possibility for Maga's face that Ossip implies in Chapter 29?

2. What is the only information about the Club's journey to Morelli's flat included in Chapter 113?

3. What request do many of the inmates have as they sign their names in Chapter 51?

4. According to Morelli in Chapter 94, what is happening to his work?

5. In Chapter 46, what does Traveler protest that he will never do to Horacio?

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