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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Talita and Traveler hear outside their window at the end of Chapter 45?
(a) Horacio singing.
(b) A bird's call.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Two lovers' arguing.

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

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

4. Why does Horacio decide to move in with Gekrepten in Chapter 78?
(a) To get free meals.
(b) To be near the Travelers.
(c) To have a companion.
(d) To make Gekrepten quit complaining.

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

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

7. In Chapter 80, to what does Horacio liken madness?
(a) A love affair.
(b) A fever.
(c) A dream.
(d) A cancer.

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

9. What does Horacio do with toothpaste in Chapter 75?
(a) Writes on the walls.
(b) Brushes his teeth.
(c) Draws on a mirror.
(d) Puts a mustache on Gekrepten.

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

11. What absurdist writer is quoted in Chapter 145?
(a) Camus.
(b) Durrenmatt.
(c) Ionesco.
(d) Gombrowicz.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ossip in Chapter 29, when did La Maga leave her flat and likely Paris?

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

3. What is odd about the bread that Horacio cuts in his dream in Chapter 100?

4. Which character gets trapped between two windows in Chapter 41?

5. What nickname does Horacio give Pola in Chapter 92?

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