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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II, Loving R.: "A Valediction" and III: "Harbor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the defining feature of the landmark the unnamed narrator generally uses to navigate toward home?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

2. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)
(a) A groan.
(b) A grumble.
(c) A grunt.
(d) A chuckle.

3. The unnamed narrator states that the sight and sound of the sea drown out all what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Apprehension.
(d) Gloom.

4. The culmination of the Changes in Bulgaria involved the fall of what type of political system?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Communist.
(c) Totalitarian.
(d) Socialist.

5. Which letter of the alphabet does G. use to refer to his friend on whom he has a crush?
(a) B.
(b) X.
(c) M.
(d) L.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?

2. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?

3. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?

4. The unnamed narrator meets his student G. in front of a McDonald's in Slaveykov, which is a what?

5. What action does the unnamed narrator plan to take when he reaches his destination in the taxi in "Decent People"?

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