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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 find Nao-Kurai drunk and talkative before the wedding in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) The woods.
(b) The deck of the barge.
(c) In the city hall.
(d) Inside a pub.

2. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?
(a) Hormones.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Energy.
(d) Bile.

3. How did the Indians who took in Desiderio move commerce?
(a) On the river.
(b) In buses.
(c) In planes.
(d) By train.

4. What does Desiderio find himself constantly struggling to recognize in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) His face.
(b) The streets.
(c) The sky.
(d) His house.

5. Where do the acrobats invite Desiderio after their act in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A pub.
(b) A second performance.
(c) The town hall.
(d) Their caravan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. What does Desiderio discover upon emerging from his hiding place in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

3. How is the village described where the circus comes at the end of their season in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

4. Who is Desiderio's master in the beginning of the story?

5. Mendoza was Dr. Hoffman's what in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Desiderio's fugitive status in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What foreshadowing is in this chapter?

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

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

4. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?

5. How are the Acrobats of Desire described? What is their act like?

6. What does Desiderio pay the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What does he see inside?

7. Who raised Desiderio? How did his heritage shape his character?

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

9. What leads to Desiderio's being hailed a hero among the River People?

10. How does Desiderio begin to integrate into his new society in Chapter 3, The River People?

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