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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Explosion in the Parlor?
(a) Julio Otega.
(b) Bai Xiao-yi.
(c) Bernard Malamud.
(d) Feng Jicai.

2. Who is the author of Arrest Me?
(a) Talat Abasi.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Nadine Gordimer
(d) Denis Hirson.

3. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Peru.
(d) Venezuela.

4. What country is the author of Di Grasso from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czechoslavakia.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Germany.

5. Who is the author of the story Tancredi?
(a) Daniel Boulanger.
(b) Barbara Alberti.
(c) Julio Otega.
(d) Clarice Linspector.

6. What is the character name of the murdered city-dweller in Di Grasso?
(a) Berlioz.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Schwarz.
(d) James.

7. Who is the author of The Shoe Breaker?
(a) Dovlatov.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Peter Carey.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

8. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) New York.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Cyprus.

9. Who is the author of Courtly Vision?
(a) Ron Carlson.
(b) J. Bernlef.
(c) Bharati Mukherjee.
(d) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.

10. Where did the narrator's uncle go and find a bride in Family Album?
(a) America.
(b) Russia.
(c) India.
(d) Wales.

11. Where is the author of Disappearing from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) United States.
(d) Argentina.

12. Who is the author of Orion?
(a) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(b) Talat Abasi.
(c) Denis Hirson.
(d) Jeanette Winterson.

13. What lessons does the overweight woman of Disappearing take in order to get away from her boorish and insulting husband?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Aerobics.
(d) Dancing.

14. What is Di Grasso's profession in the story with the same name?
(a) Pianist.
(b) Actor.
(c) Mime.
(d) Director.

15. How does the woman in Terminal attempt suicide?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Overdose.
(d) Slit wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the father originally from in Las Papas?

2. What story was written by the author Ann Beattie?

3. Who is the cobbler awaiting in his shop in the beginning of The Shoe Breaker?

4. The author of The Book hails from where?

5. Who wrote The Street Sweeping Show?

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