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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 part of Pola does Horacio kiss in Chapter 64?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Her breast.
(c) Her foot.
(d) Her lips.

2. Why does Horacio decide to move in with Gekrepten in Chapter 78?
(a) To be near the Travelers.
(b) To have a companion.
(c) To get free meals.
(d) To make Gekrepten quit complaining.

3. According to Pola in Chapter 64, what happens to everything Horacio touches?
(a) It feels better.
(b) It dies.
(c) It becomes dull.
(d) It turns evil.

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

5. What does Pola wonder as she and Horacio make love in Chapter 101?
(a) Why she has been feeling ill.
(b) How she can end their affair.
(c) How he makes love to Maga.
(d) What he does when thy are not together.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 50, what misapprehension do both Horacio and Remorino have about each other?

2. In Chapter 87, a number by what musician is discussed?

3. What sin does Ossip accuse Horacio of in Chapter 31?

4. What literary convention does Morelli decry in Chapter 112?

5. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Horacio's dream in Chapter 100.

2. What legal formality takes place in Chapter 51?

3. Describe the argument that Ossip and Horacio have in this section.

4. What does Horacio do before coming to Buenos Aires?

5. How is Traveler affected by Horacio in this section?

6. Why is the Morelli argument in Chapter 99 a relief to Horacio?

7. What two meanings of the term hopscotch appear in the first book?

8. In Chapter 56, how does Horacio protect himself after he kisses Talita?

9. How do Traveler and Horacio put Talita in a ridiculous position in Chapter 41?

10. What dream does Horacio have in Chapter 123, and what does Etienne take from it?

(see the answer keys)

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