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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Katya's lover in Katya?
2. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?
3. What do the children convince their father to let them borrow in The Verb To Kill?
4. Who is the author of Looking for the Rain God?
5. What is the setting of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is implied in the story The Verb To Kill? What do the central characters do in the narrative?
2. What do the characters in Looking for the Rain God decide to do in order to bring rain?
3. What memory is related in the story Snow?
4. What central theme do Disappearing, A Lover's Ear, and Facing the Light all share? How are their characters similar?
5. How do the elderly couple in Mr. and Mrs. Martins prepare for death?
6. Why does the central female character in Facing the Light send her servant away? What realization does she face?
7. Who is the central character in There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head? What happens to him?
8. What is the setting of Di Grasso? From whose perspective is the story told?
9. What does the central character in Arrest Me have as his objective? Why?
10. What physical ailment does the central character in Terminal suffer from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the plot, characters and narrative style of One of These Days. How does this story differ from Marquez's more well-known works? What political themes are evident in the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the themes and perspectives presented in Girl and The Other Wife. What elements of feminism can be seen in the themes of these works? How is this reflected in other writings by the authors?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the setting of At the River and analyze the story's principle theme of age. How does this story's depiction of aging relate to others in the anthology?
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