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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, From the Other Side: Chapters 29, 107, 113, 30, 57, 70, 147, 31, 32, 132, 61, 33, 67, 83, 142, 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what item do Maga and Horacio have in impromptu funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) A gramophone.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A hat.

2. What does the old man who lives above La Maga do that annoys her?
(a) Coughs incessantly.
(b) Bangs on the floor.
(c) Cooks smelly food.
(d) Listens to the radio too loud.

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

4. Who joins Horacio in visiting the old writer at Necker Hospital in Chapter 155?
(a) Etienne, Ossip, and Perico.
(b) Only Etienne.
(c) Ossip and Ronald.
(d) Etienne and Perico.

5. Over time, what does La Maga fantasize Horacio will do during sex?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Cry.
(c) Tie her up.
(d) Say he loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the point of view change in Chapter 3?

2. What does Maga tell Horacio when he leaves her flat at the end of Chapter 20?

3. Who is playing in Chapter 13?

4. Who is the narrator of Chapter 93?

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

(see the answer key)

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