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

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

3. What task is Horacio undertaking at the beginning of Chapter 41?
(a) Straightening nails.
(b) Sanding the floor.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Washing shirts.

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

5. Which two characters attempt to analyze Maga in Chapter 142?
(a) Ronald and Babs.
(b) Horacio and Ossip.
(c) Ossip and Etienne.
(d) Ronald and Etienne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of circus attraction does Manolo Traveler manage?

3. What does Horacio do with toothpaste in Chapter 75?

4. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?

5. Which two Serpent Club members appear incongruously in Chapter 102?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel end?

2. Describe Horacio's dream in Chapter 100.

3. How does Horacio settle in Buenos Aires in this section?

4. What legal formality takes place in Chapter 51?

5. Describe the argument that Ossip and Horacio have in this section.

6. What is revealed in the tape recording of Chapter 47?

7. How is Traveler affected by Horacio in this section?

8. Describe Manolo and Talia Traveler's lives in Buenos Aires.

9. What does Horacio do before coming to Buenos Aires?

10. Who is Pola, and how does she know Horacio?

(see the answer keys)

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