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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do Ossip, Maga, and Horacio drink in Chapter 28?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Cana.

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

7. In Chapter 2, what does Horacio say would be as easy as writing a story about La Maga?
(a) Making a sculture out of water.
(b) Making a doll out of bread.
(c) Swimming in ice.
(d) Climbing the wind.

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

9. In Chapter 6, Horacio is amazed by La Maga's disdain for what?
(a) Planning.
(b) Calculation.
(c) Sentiment.
(d) Him.

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

11. In whose flat does the jazz listening session of this section take place?
(a) Ronald and Bab's.
(b) Wong's.
(c) Horacio's.
(d) Ossip's.

12. What is the profession of the man who is hit by a car in Chapter 21?
(a) Day-laborer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Priest.
(d) Writer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to La Maga at the end of Chapter 3, how does Horacio relate to life?

2. Which of the following characters stays with Maga at the end of Chapter 28?

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

4. What mythical creature do Maga and Horacio playfully turn each other into in Chapter 7?

5. Why can't Horacio leave Berthe Trepat as he walks her home in Chapter 23?

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