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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the weather described when Geryon wakes in the night in “Water”?
(a) Raining.
(b) Amid a dust storm.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Dry and windy.

2. What does Geryon create for Ancash in “Photographs: *1748”?
(a) A sculpture made of clay.
(b) A picture of him flying.
(c) A bracelet of rope.
(d) A painting of a mountain.

3. Where is the particular kind of lava called "aa" described in “AA”?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) New Zealand.

4. How are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) By plane.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By bus.
(d) By train.

5. How old is Geryon in “Tunnel”?
(a) 25.
(b) 16.
(c) 22.
(d) 32.

6. Stesichoros claims that he enjoyed seeing until what year in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1952.

7. How do Geryon and the yellowbeard travel to the space for the presentation in “Slopes”?
(a) By limousine.
(b) By train.
(c) By taxi.
(d) By horseback.

8. Why does Ancash hit Geryon in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
(a) Because he saw Geryon's wings.
(b) Because Geryon shot his brother.
(c) Because Geryon lied about stealing money.
(d) Because Geryon slept with Herakles.

9. How do Herakles, Ancash, and Geryon plan to travel to the volcano in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) By rental car.
(b) By airplane.
(c) By train.
(d) By taxi.

10. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The road to the mountains.
(b) Her photograph.
(c) His brother.
(d) The state of crime in the region.

11. Geryon realizes in the end of “Photographs: Origin of Time” that he is desperate for what?
(a) To love someone.
(b) To call his mother.
(c) To return home.
(d) To return to his brother.

12. Who calls Geryon on the phone in “Tunnel”?
(a) Geryon's mother.
(b) Geryon's brother.
(c) Herakles.
(d) Geryon's father.

13. Where is Geryon going to visit in “Tunnel”?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Princeton.

14. Where are Herakles and Geryon going in the beginning of “Memory Burn”?
(a) To a candy store.
(b) To a video store.
(c) To a school play.
(d) To a bookstore.

15. Where is Geryon's mother described when he returns home in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) On the porch swing.
(b) On the living room sofa.
(c) At the kitchen table.
(d) In the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal from the carousel does Herakles take in “Harrods”?

2. The opening sentence of “Aeroplane” indicates that it is always what in the upper atmosphere?

3. According to the narrator in “Huaraz,” what "has effects no-one can calculate in advance"?

4. What does Geryon imagine he sees in the living room in “Water”?

5. In what city is Ancash's mother's home?

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