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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who pays the bill when G. and the unnamed narrator have finished their discussion in "Mentor"?
(a) R.
(b) G.
(c) B.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

3. 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) Envy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Security.

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?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Shamed.
(c) Alone.
(d) Satisfied.

5. What emotion does it inspire in the unnamed narrator when he realizes that Gospodar feels "no concern at all" (27) for the unnamed narrator's response to him?
(a) Security.
(b) Unease.
(c) Awe.
(d) Relief.

6. At the time when the events in "Gospodar" take place, for how long has R. been gone from the unnamed narrator's life?
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Months.

7. What realization did G. come to about B. once B. started dating their mutual friend, who was female?
(a) He was in love with B.
(b) He was in love with M.
(c) He was straight.
(d) He was trans.

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

9. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe his father's reaction to weakness during his childhood?
(a) Viciousness.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Ardor.

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

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

12. What term does G. use to describe the LGBTQ community in the United States?
(a) Self-righteous.
(b) Superficial.
(c) Inane.
(d) Angry.

13. What part of himself does the unnamed narrator tell the reader that he has hated throughout his life?
(a) Flesh.
(b) Blood.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Vulnerability.

14. What kind of forums does the unnamed narrator suggest to G. when he provides advice?
(a) Art.
(b) LGBTQ.
(c) Music.
(d) Gaming.

15. At what landmark in front of a McDonald's restaurant does the unnamed narrator meet G. in the section entitled "Mentor"?
(a) A staircase.
(b) A fountain.
(c) A statue.
(d) A planetarium.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What part of the unnamed narrator's body does Gospodar bite when the unnamed narrator tells him to stop?

4. The protesters featured in "Decent People" meet in front of which landmark?

5. What is NOT an emotion named by G. when he describes B.'s reaction to his admission of romantic feelings?

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