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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Horacio assure Maga regarding Pola in Chapter 108?
(a) He does not know anyone named Pola.
(b) Their affair.
(c) He does not care about her.
(d) She does not affect his love for Maga.

2. Who does Babs physically attack in Chapter 35?
(a) Horacio.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Etienne.
(d) Ossip.

3. What term does Horacio use to refer to his destined home is Chapter 36?
(a) Mitzvah.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Kibbutz.
(d) Shtetl.

4. What is revolutionary about the novel Morelli is writing in Chapter 154?
(a) It contains no characters.
(b) It can be read in any order.
(c) It is written in a made-up language.
(d) It is over 4,000 pages long.

5. Who joins Horacio in visiting the old writer at Necker Hospital in Chapter 155?
(a) Etienne, Ossip, and Perico.
(b) Ossip and Ronald.
(c) Etienne and Perico.
(d) Only Etienne.

6. In Chapter 57, what does Horacio say he is confused about?
(a) Right and wrong.
(b) Dreams and waking.
(c) Love and dependence.
(d) Maga and Pola.

7. In Chapter 78, what is Horacio convinced about the Travelers' marriage?
(a) Its intimacy is a facade.
(b) It is dull and lifeless.
(c) It is unknowable to anyone on the outside.
(d) It is a perfect union.

8. What is La Maga doing in Paris, according to Chapter 35?
(a) Attending to the dying Pola.
(b) Working as a prostitute.
(c) Living under a bridge.
(d) Confined in an asylum.

9. What does Horacio do between Chapters 56 and 135?
(a) He gets in a fight with Traveler.
(b) He marries Gekrepten.
(c) He jumps from his window.
(d) He leaves Buenos Aires.

10. Why does Horacio decide to move in with Gekrepten in Chapter 78?
(a) To get free meals.
(b) To have a companion.
(c) To be near the Travelers.
(d) To make Gekrepten quit complaining.

11. Why is Horacio terrified in his dream in Chapter 132?
(a) Ossip is making love to Maga.
(b) He has been banished from the cafes of Paris.
(c) He cannot find Maga.
(d) Pola has returned to him from the dead.

12. According to Gabio Basso in Chapter 148, the root of the word person originally meant what?
(a) Need.
(b) One.
(c) Mask.
(d) Walk.

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

14. What nickname does Horacio give Pola in Chapter 92?
(a) Poor Rich Girl.
(b) Blanca.
(c) Little Hands.
(d) Pola Paris.

15. Which character offers a rambling defense of Morelli's methods in Chapter 99?
(a) Babs.
(b) Horacio.
(c) Ossip.
(d) Etienne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character gets trapped between two windows in Chapter 41?

2. Who is Horacio thinking about in Chapter 48?

3. In Chapter 80, to what does Horacio liken madness?

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

5. What two items does Horacio asks Traveler for in Chapter 41?

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