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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 country does Horacio go to before arriving in Argentina?
(a) Spain.
(b) Uruguay.
(c) England.
(d) Brazil.

2. What does Horacio do with toothpaste in Chapter 75?
(a) Writes on the walls.
(b) Draws on a mirror.
(c) Puts a mustache on Gekrepten.
(d) Brushes his teeth.

3. What is Chapter 47 supposed to be?
(a) A letter.
(b) A news story.
(c) A chapter of a Morelli novel.
(d) A tape recording.

4. What does Morelli give Horacio to take to the writer's flat in Chapter 154?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cat food.
(c) A stack of old books.
(d) Some pages.

5. What is the name of the international organization that Ceferino Piriz wants to create?
(a) The League of Demcracies.
(b) The Society of Nations.
(c) The Allied Powers.
(d) The Peace Coalition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What final instructions does Cortazar give for the end of the book?

2. In Chapter 56, what does Traveler say he is surprised Horacio has not done?

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

4. Which two Serpent Club members appear incongruously in Chapter 102?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Traveler's codependency with Horacio manifest itself in this section?

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

4. Describe Horacio's dream in Chapter 100.

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

6. What indiscretion does Horacio commit in Chapter 54?

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

8. What legal formality takes place in Chapter 51?

9. What eerie, somewhat mystical, harbinger comes to Pola in Chapter 64?

10. What cold comfort does Horacio offer La Maga in Chapter 108?

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