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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Guy Monod's mistress from?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Switzerland.

2. In Chapter 74, Morelli says that the true nonconformist is only concerned with what to things?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Freedom is self and freedom of society.
(c) Minutia and grand ideas.
(d) Love and hate.

3. In Chapter 109, how does Morelli say he tells a character's story?
(a) Through disconnected moments.
(b) Through narration.
(c) Through dialogue.
(d) Through a succession of quotes.

4. What is Horacio pasting on a lamp shade at the beginning of Chapter 84?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Buttons.
(c) Pages from the Bible.
(d) Notes.

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

6. Who is Rocamadour?
(a) Horacio's brother.
(b) Horacio's nephew.
(c) Maga's son.
(d) Maga's father.

7. In Chapter 84, which character does Horacio mention is gravely ill?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Pola.
(c) Berthe Trepat.
(d) Rocamadour.

8. In what season do Maga and Horacio meet?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

9. According to Ossip in Chapter 26, what is Paris?
(a) The new Babylon.
(b) A metaphor.
(c) Heaven.
(d) A cesspool.

10. What does Horacio admit to La Maga in Chapter 20?
(a) He is returning to Argentina.
(b) He thinks she is an idiot.
(c) He has another lover.
(d) He suspects her of seeing Ossip.

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

12. Why does Rocamadour move in with Maga and Horacio in Chapter 19?
(a) He has a bad fever.
(b) He must attend school.
(c) The old woman in the country dies.
(d) Maga misses him.

13. Who eventually talks to the old man upstairs in Chapter 28?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Ossip.
(c) Maga.
(d) Etienne.

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

15. Why does Maga say she won't go to sleep in Chapter 26?
(a) It would be rude to Ossip.
(b) She is not tired.
(c) Horacio will be back for his things.
(d) Rocamadour is still sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Maga and Horacio doing in the Quai de Megisserie in Chapter 8?

2. What is the profession of the man who is hit by a car in Chapter 21?

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

4. What modern form of execution is described in Chapter 114?

5. What language is Chapter 68 written in?

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