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

2. What form of horrific execution is shown by the pictures Wong produces in Chapter 14?
(a) Flaying.
(b) Public stoning.
(c) Death by a thousand cuts.
(d) Living surgery.

3. What traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?
(a) A miscarriage.
(b) Her childhood rape.
(c) Her last night in Montenegro.
(d) The death of her father.

4. Where are Horacio and La Maga making love at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Maga's flat.
(b) A park.
(c) Horacio's flat.
(d) A hotel.

5. Over time, what does La Maga fantasize Horacio will do during sex?
(a) Tie her up.
(b) Say he loves her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what abstract idea does Horacio ruminate for most of Chapter 3?

2. In what season do Maga and Horacio meet?

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

4. Who does Horacio quote in Chapter 116?

5. In Chapter 7, what part of La Maga is Horacio sketching with his finger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Horacio doing in the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

5. How are La Maga and Horacio different?

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

7. What point regarding observation does Horacio make in Chapter 84?

8. How is the reader made aware of Rocamadour's death in Chapter 28?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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