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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what location did B.'s parents have a second home to which he brought his friends one weekend?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Romania.
(c) Istanbul.
(d) Vitosha.

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

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

5. The protesters featured in "Decent People" meet in front of which landmark?
(a) The Museum of Natural History.
(b) The Glass Museum.
(c) The Modern Art Museum.
(d) The Archaeological Museum.

6. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe Gospodar's face?
(a) Mean.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Strong.
(d) Generic.

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

8. When G. tells the unnamed narrator about his friendships with three other students, the unnamed narrator feels what element develop between them?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Kinship.
(c) Division.
(d) Envy.

9. Whose poems had shocked the unnamed narrator in class one day?
(a) Allan Ginsberg.
(b) Frank O'Hara.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Robert Frost.

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

11. In what location did D. complete his undergraduate and graduate studies?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) South Korea.
(c) Germany.
(d) The United States.

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

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

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

15. At whose request are the unnamed narrator and G. meeting in the section entitled "Mentor"?
(a) The unnamed narrator's.
(b) G.'s.
(c) G.'s mother's.
(d) G.'s guidance counselor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe the element that "always claims" him when he "loses track" (22) of where he is?

2. Who pays the bill when G. and the unnamed narrator have finished their discussion in "Mentor"?

3. The culmination of the Changes in Bulgaria involved the fall of what type of political system?

4. The unnamed narrator states that the best thing about his favorite websites is that they demonstrate that people are never what in their desire?

5. What part of himself does the unnamed narrator tell the reader that he has hated throughout his life?

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