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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 committed suicide.
(c) She is in Montevideo.
(d) She went to the Netherlands.

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

3. Which character offers a rambling defense of Morelli's methods in Chapter 99?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Babs.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Ossip.

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

5. In Chapter 50, what misapprehension do both Horacio and Remorino have about each other?
(a) They think the other is American.
(b) They think the other is the boss.
(c) They think the other is a madman.
(d) The think the other is flirting.

6. What is interspersed with the lines of Maga's book in Chapter 34?
(a) Horacio's thoughts.
(b) A poem she wrote.
(c) A series of notes made by Ossip.
(d) A second novel.

7. What part of Pola most captivates Horacio when he meets her in Chapter 76?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her hands.
(d) Her hair.

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

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

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

11. What task is Horacio undertaking at the beginning of Chapter 41?
(a) Straightening nails.
(b) Washing shirts.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Sanding the floor.

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

13. According to Gabio Basso in Chapter 148, the root of the word person originally meant what?
(a) Walk.
(b) One.
(c) Mask.
(d) Need.

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

15. In Chapter 98, what does Horacio realize that Maga never needed to do?
(a) Justify her actions.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Leave Montevideo.
(d) Have someone to love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Horacio spread on the ground to protect him from Traveler in Chapter 56?

3. In Chapter 46, what does Traveler protest that he will never do to Horacio?

4. What is significant about the hotel that Pola and Horacio go to in Chapter 92?

5. Who joins Horacio in visiting the old writer at Necker Hospital in Chapter 155?

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