View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Horacio admit to La Maga in Chapter 20?
(a) He is returning to Argentina.
(b) He suspects her of seeing Ossip.
(c) He has another lover.
(d) He thinks she is an idiot.

2. Who is Valentin?
(a) Ossip's father.
(b) Maga's landlord.
(c) Berthe's friend.
(d) Horacio's typist.

3. In Chapter 7, what part of La Maga is Horacio sketching with his finger?
(a) Her breast.
(b) Her mouth.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her hand.

4. Which of the following characters stays with Maga at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Etienne.

5. By what controversial French thinker is the quote is Chapter 136?
(a) Jean Dubuffet.
(b) George Bataille.
(c) Charles de Gaulle.
(d) The Marquis de Sade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of Paris is Horacio searching for La Maga in Chapter 1?

2. What modern form of execution is described in Chapter 114?

3. Who is Rocamadour?

4. What does Horacio do when Maga starts crying in Chapter 12?

5. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Maga say she does not want to do with Rocamadour?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What conversation regarding their relationship do Maga and Horacio have in Chapter 20?

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

5. Why does La Maga feel responsible for Pola's death in Chapter 27?

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

7. In Chapter 26, what reason does Ossip offer for Horacio's leaving?

8. What is Maga doing when Horacio arrives in Chapter 28?

9. How does Wong's torture photos affect Horatio's mood for the worse?

10. What criticism does Maga make of Horacio at the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 757 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample