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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 39, what does Horacio talk to Traveler about instead of Paris?
(a) Their childhood.
(b) Politics.
(c) Talita.
(d) Wine.

3. In Chapter 87, a number by what musician is discussed?
(a) Duke Ellington.
(b) Satchmo.
(c) Cole Porter.
(d) Miles Davis.

4. According to Morelli in Chapter 94, what is happening to his work?
(a) It is rotting.
(b) It is flourishing.
(c) It is flying into the atmosphere.
(d) It is fermenting.

5. What was Talita's profession before marrying Traveler?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Dancer.
(d) Pharmacist.

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

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

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

9. What final instructions does Cortazar give for the end of the book?
(a) Burn the book.
(b) Coninue reading the same two chapters.
(c) Start again in reverse order.
(d) Start again from the beginning.

10. Why is Morelli excited to see Horacio in Chapter 154?
(a) He has received Horacio's fan mail.
(b) He wants visitors.
(c) Horacio says he is his biggest fan.
(d) Horacio has booze.

11. How do Horacio and Traveler pass long stretches of free time in the asylum in Chapter 52?
(a) They taunt the inmates.
(b) They play poker.
(c) They read.
(d) They argue politics.

12. What is Chapter 32?
(a) A chapter form Morelli's new work.
(b) An inner monologue from Ossip.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A letter from Maga.

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

14. Who does Babs physically attack in Chapter 35?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Ossip.

15. In Chapter 43, what does Talita reveal about Traveler's strained state of mind?
(a) He is losing weight.
(b) He has started yelling at her.
(c) He is talking to himself.
(d) He cannot sleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 78, Horacio becomes a salesman of what?

3. What does Horacio do with toothpaste in Chapter 75?

4. What is revolutionary about the novel Morelli is writing in Chapter 154?

5. What is La Maga doing in Paris, according to Chapter 35?

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