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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The unnamed narrator states that Gospodar is as old as which character?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His father.

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

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

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

6. 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) Unease.
(b) Anger.
(c) Panic.
(d) Relief.

7. 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) Unease.
(b) Relief.
(c) Security.
(d) Awe.

8. The unnamed narrator describes the ubiquitous apartment blocks in Sofia as looking like what objects?
(a) Prisons.
(b) Hovels.
(c) Fortresses.
(d) Banks.

9. What action does Gospodar take that leads the unnamed narrator to feel the action "like a spark along the track" (30) of the narrator's spine?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He spits.
(d) He urinates.

10. For how long has the unnamed narrator lived in Sofia by the time of the events in "Mentor"?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 6 months.

11. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?
(a) Condom.
(b) Home.
(c) Please.
(d) Lover.

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

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

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

15. At one point during the discussion between G. and the unnamed narrator, G. pushes a stack of what objects toward his teacher?
(a) College acceptance letters.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Greeting cards.
(d) Poems.

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. How does the unnamed narrator feel when he realizes that Gospodar is not going to send him away?

3. What beverage do the unnamed narrator and G. drink during their conversation in "The Mentor"?

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 is the first command Gospodar gives to the unnamed narrator once he enters the apartment?

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