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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Ancash say he wants to see Geryon do in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
(a) Fight Herakles.
(b) Use his wings.
(c) Climb a mountain.
(d) Get married.

3. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?
(a) As a god.
(b) As a demi-god.
(c) As a dragon.
(d) As a monster.

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

5. What do Herakles and Geryon bicker about when returning to Herakles' home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The distance to the stars.
(b) The elevation of Peru.
(c) Whether or not to steal a car.
(d) The name of a movie.

6. On whose shoulder does Geryon rest his head while traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) On his mother's shoulder.
(b) On Ancash's shoulder.
(c) On his brother's shoulder.
(d) On Herakles' shoulder.

7. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Harrods”?
(a) A church.
(b) His hotel room.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) A bookstore.

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

9. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Kiss”?
(a) A meeting for writers.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A cafe.
(d) His hotel room.

10. Ancash's mother claims that the coffee is infused with what in “Huaraz”?
(a) Goat's milk.
(b) Cow blood.
(c) Coconut oil.
(d) Butter.

11. What does Geryon imagine he sees in the living room in “Water”?
(a) A cat.
(b) A parrot.
(c) A raven.
(d) A dog.

12. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?
(a) A pair of grazing burros.
(b) A man's naked back.
(c) A guinea pig on a plate.
(d) A snake in the river.

13. What is the name of the volcano that Geryon's group is traveling to in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
(a) Vesuvius.
(b) Icchantikas.
(c) Etna.
(d) Krakatoa.

14. What day of the week is described in the opening of “Roof”?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon have in his lap as he falls asleep in “Aeroplane”?

2. When did World War I begin?

3. What is described about the water in Huraraz in the excerpt titled with the same name?

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

5. How do Herakles, Ancash, and Geryon plan to travel to the volcano in “Eyewitnesses”?

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