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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the person that Horacio thinks is Maga when he sees her playing hopscotch in Chapter 54?
(a) A nurse.
(b) Talita.
(c) Gekrepten.
(d) A patient.

2. Which of the following is not a possibility for Maga's face that Ossip implies in Chapter 29?
(a) She is wandering the streets of Paris.
(b) She is in Montevideo.
(c) She went to the Netherlands.
(d) She committed suicide.

3. Who is Emanuele?
(a) A waitress at Horacio's favorite cafe.
(b) Pola's mother.
(c) A homeless woman.
(d) Maga's best friend.

4. What is odd about the bread that Horacio cuts in his dream in Chapter 100?
(a) It disappears.
(b) It bleeds.
(c) It screams.
(d) It floats away.

5. Why does Talita wake up in Chapter 45?
(a) A noise outside wakes her.
(b) She has a nightmare.
(c) Her alarm goes off.
(d) Traveler wakes her.

6. What does Morelli give Horacio to take to the writer's flat in Chapter 154?
(a) A stack of old books.
(b) Some pages.
(c) Cat food.
(d) Opium.

7. With whom is Horacio spending most of his time in Chapter 49?
(a) Traveler.
(b) The counting cat.
(c) Feragatu.
(d) Gekrepten.

8. What is the name of the international organization that Ceferino Piriz wants to create?
(a) The Allied Powers.
(b) The Society of Nations.
(c) The League of Demcracies.
(d) The Peace Coalition.

9. The commentator in Chapter 147 says that what curtails human freedom?
(a) Social mores.
(b) Communism.
(c) Marriage laws.
(d) Christian dialectics.

10. Which two characters attempt to analyze Maga in Chapter 142?
(a) Ronald and Etienne.
(b) Ossip and Etienne.
(c) Horacio and Ossip.
(d) Ronald and Babs.

11. In Chapter 56, what does Traveler say he is surprised Horacio has not done?
(a) Killed himself.
(b) Slept with Talita.
(c) Written a book.
(d) Left Buenos Aires.

12. What is Feraguto about to purchase in Chapter 44?
(a) Another circus.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A car.

13. What is Chapter 47 supposed to be?
(a) A letter.
(b) A chapter of a Morelli novel.
(c) A tape recording.
(d) A news story.

14. Why is Horacio terrified in his dream in Chapter 132?
(a) Pola has returned to him from the dead.
(b) He cannot find Maga.
(c) Ossip is making love to Maga.
(d) He has been banished from the cafes of Paris.

15. In Chapter 37, what does traveler do when Cuca and Talita gossip in his apartment?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Listen from the bathroom.
(c) Smoke with his friends.
(d) Serve mate to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 122, what does Etienne suggest is at the heart of his recent vivid dreams?

2. According to Morelli in Chapter 94, what is happening to his work?

3. Why does Horacio decide to move in with Gekrepten in Chapter 78?

4. What type of circus attraction does Manolo Traveler manage?

5. In Chapter 78, what is Horacio convinced about the Travelers' marriage?

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