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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The yellowbeard suggests that doctors hide the fact that many children are born with what in “Distances”?
(a) Wings.
(b) Mental defects.
(c) Tails.
(d) Missing limbs.

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

3. Herakles tells Geryon he should go see the collection of what that are housed by Ancash's mother in “Roof”?
(a) Parrots.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Burros.
(d) Cats.

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

5. What does Geryon have in his lap as he falls asleep in “Aeroplane”?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) His autobiography.
(c) His guidebook.
(d) A small dog.

6. Where were the animals on the carousel carved, according to Ancash in “Harrods”?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

7. How did Geryon return home in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) By train.
(b) By bus.
(c) By taxi.
(d) By airplane.

8. Where do Herakles and Geryon sit with Herakles' grandmother when they return to his home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

10. In the opening sentence of “Distances,” the narrator suggests that what question had intrigued Geryon for much of his life?
(a) The question of fate versus free will.
(b) The question of family and its meaning.
(c) The question of sexuality.
(d) The question of the nature of time.

11. In what language is Geryon writing postcards in “Mitwelt”?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) German.

12. According to the narrator in “Huaraz,” what "has effects no-one can calculate in advance"?
(a) "Walking down the street."
(b) "Raising a camera to one's face."
(c) "Speaking to strangers in a strange land."
(d) "Falling in love."

13. What are the women doing by the side of the road when Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash pass them in the end of “Car”?
(a) Chasing a dog.
(b) Running for the border.
(c) Smoking cigarettes.
(d) Reading magazines.

14. “Mitwelt” opens with a sentence that states that "there is no person without" what?
(a) "A world."
(b) "A life."
(c) "A dream."
(d) "A mother."

15. Where is Ancash from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Peru.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?

2. Ancash's mother claims that the coffee is infused with what in “Huaraz”?

3. Where is the particular kind of lava called "aa" described in “AA”?

4. What have been built into the walls of the volcano that Geryon's group is going to visit in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?

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

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