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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many pieces of the music recital in Chapter 23 are written by Berthe Trepat?
(a) None.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What does one vendor in Chapter 8 warn Horacio and Maga will kill his fish?
(a) Larger fish.
(b) Cold water.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Hot weather.

5. Why can't Horacio leave Berthe Trepat as he walks her home in Chapter 23?
(a) She is threatening to kill herself.
(b) He does not know the neighborhood.
(c) She is clinging to his arm.
(d) She has his wallet.

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

7. Who does Horacio quote in Chapter 116?
(a) Shoppenhauer.
(b) Maga.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Morelli.

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

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

10. According to La Maga at the end of Chapter 3, how does Horacio relate to life?
(a) He lives it like a mushroom.
(b) He ignores it like a fly.
(c) He studies it like a text.
(d) He observes it like a painting.

11. Who is Valentin?
(a) Horacio's typist.
(b) Berthe's friend.
(c) Ossip's father.
(d) Maga's landlord.

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

13. How does Berthe Trepat respond to Horacio's offer of a hotel at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) She wanders away, dazed.
(b) She politely declines.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She kisses him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, who joins Horacio in mocking Maga's story?

2. Who is Rocamadour?

3. Which of the following names does not appear on Morelli's list of acknowledgments in Chapter 60?

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

5. According to Horacio in Chapter 2, who destroyed his philosophical quest?

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