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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Horatio and Maga keep their meeting plans vague?
(a) They don't want either person to be late.
(b) They want to keep their relationship casual.
(c) They want to keep open the chance of missing each other.
(d) They never leave each other for more than an hour.

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

3. In the Times of London article of Chapter 130, what new invention is injuring boys?
(a) The bicycle.
(b) The wrist-watch.
(c) The air gun.
(d) The zipper.

4. What specific reason does Horacio have in Chapter 19 for believing Maga and Ossip are having an affair?
(a) Ossip is always hanging around her flat.
(b) Magasays Ossip's name in her sleep.
(c) Rocamadour likes Ossip more.
(d) Ossip gave her a necklace.

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

6. On what subject does Horatio privately expound at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Sex.
(b) Morelli.
(c) War.
(d) Jazz.

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

8. What mythical creature do Maga and Horacio playfully turn each other into in Chapter 7?
(a) A satyr.
(b) A cyclops.
(c) A hydra.
(d) A centaur.

9. What are Maga and Horacio doing in the Quai de Megisserie in Chapter 8?
(a) Looking at goldfish.
(b) Reading.
(c) Shopping for a kettle.
(d) Eating supper.

10. In Chapter 17, what does Ossip tell Maga is Horacio's problem?
(a) He cannot process life.
(b) He is Argentinean.
(c) He gets drunk too often.
(d) He does not know how to love.

11. Who arrives at Maga's flat with news that Guy Monod is not dead in Chapter 28?
(a) Babs.
(b) Etienne.
(c) Wong.
(d) Perico.

12. What unfortunate event has recently happened to Guy Monod in Chapter 9?
(a) He has lost his student visa.
(b) He has been dianosed with syphilis.
(c) His mistress has left him.
(d) He has been evicted from his flat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, where does Rocamadour live before coming to live with Horacio and Maga?

2. What do Ossip, Maga, and Horacio drink in Chapter 28?

3. Who is playing in Chapter 13?

4. In whose flat does the jazz listening session of this section take place?

5. What does the old man who lives above La Maga do that annoys her?

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