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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gospodar is Bulgarian for which English word or words?
(a) Devil or angel.
(b) Man or boy.
(c) Master or lord.
(d) King or prince.

2. For what length of time has the unnamed narrator been chatting with Gospodar online before he visits him?
(a) Years.
(b) Months.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

3. At the end of the "strange litany" (29) the unnamed narrator delivers about his desires, he repeats over and over, "I am" (29) what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Powerful.

4. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator grow up?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

5. In what location does Gospodar order the unnamed narrator to undress in the section entitled "Gospodar"?
(a) The living room.
(b) The hallway.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The parlor.

6. What action does the unnamed narrator plan to take when he reaches his destination in the taxi in "Decent People"?
(a) Lecture.
(b) Protest.
(c) Dance.
(d) Recite.

7. How does the unnamed narrator feel when he realizes that Gospodar is not going to send him away?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

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

9. In what type of abode does Gospodar live?
(a) A house.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A hostel.

10. What is NOT an element the unnamed narrator notices about the qualities of the place to which G. has taken him for their conversation?
(a) They are sitting in a booth.
(b) No one else is speaking English.
(c) G. is speaking in hushed tones.
(d) No one else is present.

11. What object does the unnamed narrator use in a simile to describe the failure of the first topic of conversation during his meeting with G.?
(a) A hammer.
(b) An apple.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A cloth.

12. How many classes of 12th graders does the unnamed narrator teach in the narrative present of "Mentor"?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

13. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe the element that "always claims" him when he "loses track" (22) of where he is?
(a) Anger.
(b) Panic.
(c) Relief.
(d) Unease.

14. 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)?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Pride.
(d) Security.

15. What is NOT an object the unnamed narrator sees in the protesters' possession in "Decent People"?
(a) Signs.
(b) Noisemakers.
(c) Knives.
(d) Bullhorns.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator describes the ubiquitous apartment blocks in Sofia as looking like what objects?

2. What is NOT an element that G. associates with the LGBTQ community in the United States?

3. The unnamed narrator gets a text in "Decent People" from which character asking to meet at the fountain in front of the Presidency?

4. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?

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

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