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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. Who is playing in Chapter 13?
(a) Satchmo.
(b) Bessie Coleman.
(c) John Coltrane.
(d) Miles Davis.

2. What form of horrific execution is shown by the pictures Wong produces in Chapter 14?
(a) Public stoning.
(b) Death by a thousand cuts.
(c) Living surgery.
(d) Flaying.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Horacio say would be as easy as writing a story about La Maga?
(a) Making a sculture out of water.
(b) Swimming in ice.
(c) Climbing the wind.
(d) Making a doll out of bread.

4. What area of Paris is Horacio searching for La Maga in Chapter 1?
(a) Ponts des Arts.
(b) Montmartre.
(c) Montparnasse.
(d) Champs d'Elysee.

5. In Chapter 17, what does Ossip tell Maga is Horacio's problem?
(a) He does not know how to love.
(b) He is Argentinean.
(c) He gets drunk too often.
(d) He cannot process life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives with news of Guy Monod's suicide attempt in Chapter 28?

2. Why is Pola dying in Chapter 27?

3. What mythical creature do Maga and Horacio playfully turn each other into in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Rocamadour move in with Maga and Horacio in Chapter 19?

5. What type of garden does the writer in Chapter 134 recommend to beginners?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Maga and Horacio view the meaning of their precarious dates differently in Chapter 6?

2. Why does Ossip apologize to Maga in Chapter 24?

3. What news do Babs and Ronald bring to Maga's apartment in Chapter 28?

4. How is the reader introduced to Manolo Traveler in Chapter 143?

5. Why does Horacio become resentful of La Maga in Chapter 12?

6. What conversation regarding their relationship do Maga and Horacio have in Chapter 20?

7. Why does La Maga feel responsible for Pola's death in Chapter 27?

8. What awful event does Maga describe in Chapter 15?

9. How are La Maga and Horacio different?

10. What is Horacio doing in the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 1?

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