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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 71, Morelli argues that man can achieve nothing by looking to where?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The government.
(c) The past.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What does the narrator recall at the end of Chapter 93?
(a) The fall of the Bastille.
(b) Morelli's quest for publication.
(c) La Maga and Horcio's first date.
(d) Rocamadour's birth.

5. Which of the following names does not appear on Morelli's list of acknowledgments in Chapter 60?
(a) Suzuki.
(b) Oliveira.
(c) Armstrong.
(d) Bunuel.

6. In Chapter 4, what new information about herself does La Maga tell Horacio?
(a) She does not love him.
(b) She has a child.
(c) She came to Paris to find happiness.
(d) She is from Uruguay.

7. What is Horacio doing in the dark in Chapter 28 when he discovers that Rocamadour has died?
(a) Making mate.
(b) Getting an aspirin.
(c) Lighting a cigarette.
(d) Changing a record.

8. In Chapter 62, Morelli says he has done away with what in his characters?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Psychological reasoning.
(c) Back-stories.
(d) Objectives.

9. Where does Chapter 143 take place?
(a) Montevideo.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

10. 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 cannot process life.
(d) He gets drunk too often.

11. How is Ossip occupied in Chapter 11?
(a) He is arguing with Horacio.
(b) He is choosing music.
(c) He is flirting with Maga.
(d) He is making mate.

12. What modern form of execution is described in Chapter 114?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Electric chair.
(c) Gas chamber.
(d) Lethal injection.

13. How does Guy Monod attempt to kill himself?
(a) He cuts his wrists.
(b) He swallows garenal.
(c) He overdoses on heroin.
(d) He jumps from his second story window.

14. Chapter 65 is a dossier of which Serpent Club member?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Perico.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Horacio.

15. What toy is Horacio looking at when he sees La Maga in his memory of Chapter 1?
(a) A box of toy soldiers.
(b) A stuffed monkey.
(c) A toy train.
(d) A jack in the box.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rocamadour?

2. What does Horacio do when Maga starts crying in Chapter 12?

3. In Chapter 137, what does Morelli exhort writers never to do in their work?

4. In Chapter 141, the Club offers what complaint about Morelli as a theorist?

5. Who is not with the group that walks to the listening session in Chapter 9?

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