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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. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The Mayor's Mansion.
(b) Town Hall.
(c) Albertina's apartment.
(d) The cathedral.

2. Who is offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) Nao-Kurai.
(b) Aoi.
(c) Naori.
(d) Noai.

3. What does Desiderio find in the purse given to him by the acrobats in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A train ticket.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) Money.
(d) Eyes.

4. How much does Desiderio pay to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) A dime.
(b) A dollar.
(c) A nickel.
(d) A quarter.

5. What does the man who had rescued Desiderio ask him to teach him in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) How to fish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Desiderio find dead in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

2. What does Desiderio's fiance begin doing after the engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?

3. What do the father and brothers of the girl in Nao-Kurai's story do?

4. Why had Mendoza and Dr. Hoffman had a falling out?

5. How many acrobats join the carnival in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the city in which Desiderio lives? How is it described?

2. Where does Desiderio go in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What is he investigating? What does he find there?

3. What story does Nao-Kurai tell Desiderio before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?

4. Who is not seemingly affected by Dr. Hoffman's machines in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

5. What does Desiderio learn from the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

6. How does Desiderio describe the effects of Dr. Hoffman's machines in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

7. What does Desiderio learn of Mendoza in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

8. How did the war against Dr. Hoffman begin, according to Desiderio? How did the Minister become involved?

9. What "hallucination" does Desiderio experience in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

10. Why have the villagers invited the carnival to their town at the last stop in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire? What does Desiderio do there?

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