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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 does Desiderio first expect of his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) It will be long.
(b) It is not binding.
(c) It will be brief.
(d) It will be forfeited.

2. What does Desiderio find to be desolate and abandoned in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The cathedral.
(b) The town hall.
(c) The promenade.
(d) The local pub.

3. Who charges Desiderio to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) A dwarf.
(b) A blind man.
(c) A centaur.
(d) A small boy.

4. Where does Desiderio go to hide in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A basement.
(b) A cave.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) A treehouse.

5. Where are the acrobats from in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Morocco.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Indians who took in Desiderio move commerce?

2. Who does Desiderio find irresistible in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?

3. Which man among the circus people does Desiderio befriend in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

4. What were many of the Indians' customers aware of, which they used against them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who takes in Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People? What is his impression of these people?

3. Who introduces the novel in the Introduction? What does the narrator establish from the past?

4. Who does Desiderio go to for advice regarding his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What happens?

5. Where does Desiderio go after leaving the Acrobats of Desire? What does he find in the purse?

6. What realization does Desiderio reach in the end of Chapter 3, The River People? How does he escape?

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

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

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

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

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