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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many audience members - including Horacio - are left in the auditorium at the end of the recital in Chapter 23?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

4. Why is Pola dying in Chapter 27?
(a) She is run down by a car.
(b) She has breast cancer.
(c) She has typhus.
(d) She is very old.

5. Which of the following characters stays with Maga at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Etienne.
(c) Ronald.
(d) Ossip.

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

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

8. What type of garden does the writer in Chapter 134 recommend to beginners?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

9. How does Horacio convince Maga to leave the flat so he can tell Ossip the child has died in Chapter 28?
(a) He asks her to pick up some cigarettes.
(b) He tells her to talk to the old man upstairs.
(c) He tells her to get some sleep at his flat.
(d) He says he thinks he left the front door open.

10. What casual act of brutality does Ireneo commit in Chapter 120?
(a) He kicks a dog.
(b) He feeds a worm to a group of ants.
(c) He sets fire to a shanty in Montenegro.
(d) He beats up a crippled boy.

11. What word terrifies Horacio in Chapter 93?
(a) Need.
(b) Fear.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Love.

12. Who is the narrator of Chapter 93?
(a) La Maga.
(b) Morelli.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Horacio.

13. What famous American litigator is quoted in Chapter 117?
(a) John Jay.
(b) Clarence Darrow.
(c) William Jennings Bryant.
(d) William Kunzler.

14. In Chapter 12, La Maga begins to cry remembering who?
(a) Rocamadour.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her first lover.
(d) Her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Horacio doing in the dark in Chapter 28 when he discovers that Rocamadour has died?

2. On what abstract idea does Horacio ruminate for most of Chapter 3?

3. What area of Paris is Horacio searching for La Maga in Chapter 1?

4. What unfortunate event has recently happened to Guy Monod in Chapter 9?

5. In the Times of London article of Chapter 130, what new invention is injuring boys?

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