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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. With whom is Horacio spending most of his time in Chapter 49?
(a) Gekrepten.
(b) Traveler.
(c) The counting cat.
(d) Feragatu.

2. In Chapter 31, what is the only thing that Horacio says he wants?
(a) Peace.
(b) Maga.
(c) Anonymity.
(d) Recognition.

3. In Chapter 122, what does Etienne suggest is at the heart of his recent vivid dreams?
(a) Sexual dissatisfaction.
(b) Guilt over Maga.
(c) A need to move.
(d) Professional frustration.

4. Who is Horacio thinking about in Chapter 48?
(a) Maga.
(b) Berthe Trepat.
(c) Ossip.
(d) His mother.

5. Which of the following is not among Talita's preferred reading materials?
(a) Blashemous articles.
(b) Language books.
(c) Medical journals.
(d) Clothing catalogues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Talita wake up in Chapter 45?

2. In Chapter 92, where do Pola and Horacio have their second tryst?

3. In Chapter 46, what does Traveler protest that he will never do to Horacio?

4. Which two characters attempt to analyze Maga in Chapter 142?

5. What nickname does Horacio give Pola in Chapter 92?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Manolo and Talia Traveler's lives in Buenos Aires.

2. What is revealed in the tape recording of Chapter 47?

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

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

5. Professionally, what changes for Traveler, Horacio and Talita in this section?

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

7. Who is Pola, and how does she know Horacio?

8. How does Horacio get arrested at the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 36?

9. How does the novel end?

10. How is the prose style of Chapter 34 unusual?

(see the answer keys)

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