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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Etienne get angry at Babs in Chapter 96?
(a) She won't stop talking.
(b) She throws out a rotten egg.
(c) She cannot find Morelli's manuscript.
(d) She thinks Jarry is a genius.

2. In Chapter 46, what does Traveler protest that he will never do to Horacio?
(a) Lend him money.
(b) Hurt him.
(c) Ask him to leave.
(d) Forgive him for what he has done to Talita.

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

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

5. Who does Horacio call to talk about his dream in Chapter 100?
(a) Etienne.
(b) Traveler.
(c) Ossip.
(d) La Maga.

6. What two items does Horacio asks Traveler for in Chapter 41?
(a) Cana and eggs.
(b) Eggs and yerba.
(c) Nails and Cana.
(d) Yerba and nails.

7. In Chapter 92, where do Pola and Horacio have their second tryst?
(a) Pola's flat.
(b) A park.
(c) A hotel in Bern.
(d) Horacio's flat.

8. Where does Horacio meet Pola for the first time in Chapter 76?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) At Berthe Trepat's recital.
(c) At the Cimetaire Pere Lachaisse.
(d) In a cathedral.

9. What term does Horacio use to refer to his destined home is Chapter 36?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Kibbutz.
(c) Shtetl.
(d) Mitzvah.

10. Which two Serpent Club members appear incongruously in Chapter 102?
(a) Perico and Guy Monod.
(b) Etienne and Maga.
(c) Babs and Ossip.
(d) Ronald and Wong.

11. Against whom is the polemic of Chapter 89?
(a) Randolph Hearst.
(b) De Gaulle.
(c) The pope.
(d) The Eastern bloc.

12. In Chapter 78, Horacio becomes a salesman of what?
(a) Gabardine.
(b) Typewriters.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Encyclopedias.

13. What is significant about the hotel that Pola and Horacio go to in Chapter 92?
(a) It is owned by her father.
(b) It is the same one he took Maga to.
(c) It is in the small town where Rocamadour lives.
(d) It rents rooms by the hour.

14. Who makes a speech about it being a momentous night in Chapter 96?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Babs.
(c) Ronald.
(d) Perico.

15. What part of Pola does Horacio kiss in Chapter 64?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her breast.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, what is the only thing that Horacio says he wants?

2. What request do many of the inmates have as they sign their names in Chapter 51?

3. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?

4. What does Horacio assure Maga regarding Pola in Chapter 108?

5. Who is the person that Horacio thinks is Maga when he sees her playing hopscotch in Chapter 54?

(see the answer keys)

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