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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Geryon in “Tunnel”?
(a) 16.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 22.

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

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

4. How many soldiers surround the car in “Photographs: Jeats”?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. Where are Herakles and Geryon going in the beginning of “Memory Burn”?
(a) To a candy store.
(b) To a video store.
(c) To a bookstore.
(d) To a school play.

6. What does Ancash bring to Geryon on the roof in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) Blankets.
(b) A puppy.
(c) Books.
(d) Photographs.

7. How do Herakles, Ancash, and Geryon plan to travel to the volcano in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) By rental car.
(b) By train.
(c) By taxi.
(d) By airplane.

8. What kind of books is Geryon reading in the beginning of “Kiss”?
(a) Literary books.
(b) Philosophy books.
(c) History books.
(d) Poetry books.

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

10. What does the narrator describe dusting "them" in the first sentence of “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
(a) Flour.
(b) Lava.
(c) Salt.
(d) Water.

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

12. Stesichoros claims that he enjoyed seeing until what year in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1914.

13. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The state of crime in the region.
(b) The road to the mountains.
(c) His brother.
(d) Her photograph.

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

15. What does Ancash see that prompts him to tell Geryon about the legend in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) Geryon's tattoo.
(b) Geryon's webbed feet.
(c) Geryon's tail.
(d) Geryon's wings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon recall his brother doing after he's come home from a dance in “Tango”?

2. In what language is Geryon writing postcards in “Mitwelt”?

3. How does Stesichoros respond when the interviewer says, "Which brings us to Helen" in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?

4. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?

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

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