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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ossip describe himself in Chapter 24?
(a) An explorer.
(b) An intellect.
(c) A voyeur.
(d) A lover.

2. Who arrives at Maga's flat with news that Guy Monod is not dead in Chapter 28?
(a) Perico.
(b) Babs.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Wong.

3. Approximately how old is Horacio Oliveira?
(a) Twenties.
(b) Forties.
(c) Fifties.
(d) Thirties.

4. For what item do Maga and Horacio have in impromptu funeral in Chapter 1?
(a) A gramophone.
(b) A hat.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A telephone.

5. What language is Chapter 68 written in?
(a) English.
(b) Gliglish.
(c) French.
(d) Esperanto.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Horatio privately wonders whether his education has turned him into what?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Ossip tell Maga is Horacio's problem?

3. Where is Guy Monod's mistress from?

4. What does the old man who lives above La Maga do that annoys her?

5. What famous American litigator is quoted in Chapter 117?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Horacio choose not to help Etienne in Chapter 90?

2. Why does Ossip apologize to Maga in Chapter 24?

3. Why does Horacio get slapped by Bertha Trepat in Chapter 23?

4. What news do Babs and Ronald bring to Maga's apartment in Chapter 28?

5. What is Ossip's diagnosis of Horacio in Chapter 16?

6. Describe Ossip Gregorovius.

7. Why are Maga and Horacio so affected by the fish in Chapter 8?

8. When does Chapter 7 appear to take place, and why?

9. What is Horacio's goal for living in Paris?

10. How is the reader introduced to Manolo Traveler in Chapter 143?

(see the answer keys)

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