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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Pola in Chapter 64, what happens to everything Horacio touches?
(a) It turns evil.
(b) It feels better.
(c) It dies.
(d) It becomes dull.

2. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?
(a) He marries Gekrepten.
(b) He leaves Buenos Aires.
(c) He gets in a fight with Traveler.
(d) He jumps from his window.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Horacio spread on the ground to protect him from Traveler in Chapter 56?
(a) Tar.
(b) Oil.
(c) Ball bearings.
(d) Nails.

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

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

12. What type of circus attraction does Manolo Traveler manage?
(a) A spider that knits.
(b) A tiger that dances.
(c) A cat that counts.
(d) A dog that talks.

13. With whom does Talita say she is having tea in Chapter 47?
(a) Cuca.
(b) Traveler.
(c) Horacio.
(d) Gekrepten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Horacio at the very end of the first book?

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

3. In Chapter 43, what does Talita reveal about Traveler's strained state of mind?

4. Where do Horacio and his sister decide to stay in the dream in Chapter 123?

5. In Chapter 92, where do Pola and Horacio have their second tryst?

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