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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Geryon ask of his mother in the end of “Tunnel”?
(a) Not to divorce his father.
(b) To be kind to his sister.
(c) To allow him to visit Herakles.
(d) Not to smoke too much.

2. Where does Geryon get a job in "Freedom"?
(a) The candy store.
(b) The library.
(c) The bank.
(d) The butcher shop.

3. Who falls asleep on the way to the volcano in “AA”?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Geryon.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Lazer.

4. The opening sentence of “Aeroplane” indicates that it is always what in the upper atmosphere?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

5. What is yellowbeard's profession?
(a) He is a librarian.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is an English teacher.
(d) He is a philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose shoulder does Geryon rest his head while traveling in “Gladys”?

2. Lazer claims in “Distances” that the life story of all people involves them doing what?

3. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?

4. What does the narrator describe dusting "them" in the first sentence of “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?

5. What kind of books is Geryon reading in the beginning of “Kiss”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories come to Geryon in “Tango”?

2. What does the flour represent in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?

3. What is the primary subject of “Photographs: The Meek”?

4. What does Geryon's photograph represent in “Distances”?

5. What is significant about Ancash's legend of his people in “Eyewitnesses”?

6. How is the setting described in “Huaraz”?

7. Who is Lazer? How is his character introduced?

8. What is significant about the yellowbeard in Autobiography of Red?

9. Who is Ancash? How is this character introduced?

10. How have Geryon's circumstances changed in Section 8?

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