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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is La Maga doing in Paris, according to Chapter 35?
(a) Attending to the dying Pola.
(b) Confined in an asylum.
(c) Working as a prostitute.
(d) Living under a bridge.

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

3. Why does Talita wake up in Chapter 45?
(a) Her alarm goes off.
(b) She has a nightmare.
(c) A noise outside wakes her.
(d) Traveler wakes her.

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

5. Which two characters arrive at Morelli's flat in Chapter 91?
(a) Etienne and Wong.
(b) Ossip and Horacio.
(c) Guy Monod and Maga.
(d) Ronald and Babs.

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

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

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

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

10. What is revolutionary about the novel Morelli is writing in Chapter 154?
(a) It contains no characters.
(b) It is written in a made-up language.
(c) It is over 4,000 pages long.
(d) It can be read in any order.

11. Who is Horacio thinking about in Chapter 48?
(a) His mother.
(b) Berthe Trepat.
(c) Maga.
(d) Ossip.

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

13. What literary convention does Morelli decry in Chapter 112?
(a) Punctuation.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Past tense.
(d) Allegory.

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

15. Who is Emanuele?
(a) A homeless woman.
(b) Maga's best friend.
(c) Pola's mother.
(d) A waitress at Horacio's favorite cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What absurdist writer is quoted in Chapter 145?

2. Why is Horacio terrified in his dream in Chapter 132?

3. How do Horacio and Traveler pass long stretches of free time in the asylum in Chapter 52?

4. Where does Horacio meet Pola for the first time in Chapter 76?

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

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