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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. How many exemplary poems does the unnamed narrator traditionally keep displayed on the back wall of his classroom?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

2. In the section entitled "Decent People," the unnamed narrator runs into someone named M. Who is M.?
(a) The unnamed narrator's friend.
(b) The unnamed narrator's cousin.
(c) The unnamed narrator's roommate.
(d) The unnamed narrator's student.

3. What is NOT an object the unnamed narrator sees in the protesters' possession in "Decent People"?
(a) Noisemakers.
(b) Knives.
(c) Signs.
(d) Bullhorns.

4. At one point during the discussion between G. and the unnamed narrator, G. pushes a stack of what objects toward his teacher?
(a) College acceptance letters.
(b) Poems.
(c) Greeting cards.
(d) Playing cards.

5. In what country is the city of Sofia located?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Romania.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage do the unnamed narrator and G. drink during their conversation in "The Mentor"?

2. What object does D. use to document the goings-on at the protests featured in "Decent People"?

3. Which element of G.'s poem does he deem to be all wrong during his conversation with the unnamed narrator?

4. What action does Gospodar take that leads the unnamed narrator to feel the action "like a spark along the track" (30) of the narrator's spine?

5. For what length of time has the unnamed narrator been chatting with Gospodar online before he visits him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the unnamed narrator's reason for participating in the protests depicted in the section entitled "Decent People"?

2. Who is M.?

3. In what way does the unnamed narrator draw a connection between the role of a teacher and the mysterious nature of a teacher's impact?

4. Which aspects of the cafe chosen by G. makes it clear to the unnamed narrator that G. had wanted privacy for their discussion?

5. What is the source of G.'s heartbreak, as depicted in the section called "Mentor"?

6. What feeling does the unnamed narrator experience with Gospodar, while noting that he had never experienced it with R.?

7. What information about the unnamed narrator's father has been revealed by the time "Decent People" comes to a close?

8. What subject does the unnamed narrator bring up when the conversation goes cold early on in "Mentor"?

9. What major step is the unnamed narrator planning to take at the end of the school year depicted in "Mentor"?

10. In what way is D.'s experience different than many Bulgarians and why does it lend a degree of heroism to his reputation in Sofia?

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