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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I: "Gospodar" and "Decent People".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?
(a) Canada.
(b) Austria.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) The United States.

2. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?
(a) A lock.
(b) A vase.
(c) A window.
(d) A headboard.

3. What object does D. use to document the goings-on at the protests featured in "Decent People"?
(a) A journal.
(b) A camera.
(c) A videocamera.
(d) A voice recorder.

4. The taxi driver in "Decent People" says that he and his peers felt which overwhelming emotion in their youth?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Hope.
(c) Malaise.
(d) Sadness.

5. What grade had G. just finished by the time he met with the unnamed narrator in "Mentor"?
(a) 11th.
(b) 12th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 10th.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the "strange litany" (29) the unnamed narrator delivers about his desires, he repeats over and over, "I am" (29) what?

2. In what location did B.'s parents have a second home to which he brought his friends one weekend?

3. What sort of body of water in Sofia, Bulgaria is called Perlovska, though no one uses its proper name?

4. In the section entitled "Decent People," the taxi driver tells the unnamed narrator that it was easy to feel which emotion during the period referred to as "the Changes" (49)?

5. What term does G. use to describe the LGBTQ community in the United States?

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