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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. Which of the following names does not appear on Morelli's list of acknowledgments in Chapter 60?
(a) Bunuel.
(b) Suzuki.
(c) Armstrong.
(d) Oliveira.

2. Why do Horatio and Maga keep their meeting plans vague?
(a) They want to keep their relationship casual.
(b) They don't want either person to be late.
(c) They never leave each other for more than an hour.
(d) They want to keep open the chance of missing each other.

3. Why does Rocamadour move in with Maga and Horacio in Chapter 19?
(a) Maga misses him.
(b) The old woman in the country dies.
(c) He has a bad fever.
(d) He must attend school.

4. According to Horacio in Chapter 124, what generally happens to Morelli's characters?
(a) They argue with the narrator.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They are thwarted in their attempts at love.
(d) They die.

5. What does Maga tell Horacio when he leaves her flat at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) She is going to see Ossip.
(b) Not to return.
(c) Bring milk back for Rocomadour.
(d) She still loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of Chapter 93?

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

3. Who is playing in Chapter 13?

4. How does Horacio convince Maga to leave the flat so he can tell Ossip the child has died in Chapter 28?

5. In Chapter 12, La Maga begins to cry remembering who?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Serpent Club relate to La Maga?

2. What is the Club's Principle problem with the theories of Morelli, as stated in Chapter 141?

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

4. How are La Maga and Horacio different?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do Maga and Horacio view the meaning of their precarious dates differently in Chapter 6?

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