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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, From the Other Side: Chapters 14, 114, 117, 15, 120, 16, 137, 17, 97, 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Horacio quote in Chapter 116?
(a) Maga.
(b) Shoppenhauer.
(c) Morelli.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

3. In Chapter 16, who joins Horacio in mocking Maga's story?
(a) Wong.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Perico.
(d) Etienne.

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

5. What traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?
(a) The death of her father.
(b) Her last night in Montenegro.
(c) Her childhood rape.
(d) A miscarriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Serpent Club often annoyed with La Maga?

2. What famous American litigator is quoted in Chapter 117?

3. What does the narrator recall at the end of Chapter 93?

4. What casual act of brutality does Ireneo commit in Chapter 120?

5. What word terrifies Horacio in Chapter 93?

(see the answer key)

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