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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 traumatic event is related by Maga in Chapter 15?
(a) Her childhood rape.
(b) The death of her father.
(c) Her last night in Montenegro.
(d) A miscarriage.

2. Where does Chapter 143 take place?
(a) Montevideo.
(b) London.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Paris.

3. Who is playing in Chapter 13?
(a) John Coltrane.
(b) Miles Davis.
(c) Bessie Coleman.
(d) Satchmo.

4. What area of Paris is Horacio searching for La Maga in Chapter 1?
(a) Champs d'Elysee.
(b) Ponts des Arts.
(c) Montmartre.
(d) Montparnasse.

5. In Chapter 137, what does Morelli exhort writers never to do in their work?
(a) Show off.
(b) Make a statement.
(c) Reference works of the past.
(d) Write in third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Valentin?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Ossip tell Maga is Horacio's problem?

3. Why do Horatio and Maga keep their meeting plans vague?

4. For what item do Maga and Horacio have in impromptu funeral in Chapter 1?

5. Who is not with the group that walks to the listening session in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maga and Horacio's sex life become eerily unhealthy in Chapter 5?

2. What event is taking place in this section?

3. When does Chapter 7 appear to take place, and why?

4. What is Horacio's goal for living in Paris?

5. What is Horacio doing in the Ponts des Arts in Chapter 1?

6. How does Horacio's state of mind change over the course of this section?

7. How are La Maga and Horacio different?

8. What criticism does Maga make of Horacio at the end of Chapter 3?

9. How is the reader introduced to Manolo Traveler in Chapter 143?

10. Why does Horacio become resentful of La Maga in Chapter 12?

(see the answer keys)

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