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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people in Rousse are said to call out "Zapovyadaite" (135)?
(a) Protesters.
(b) Wives.
(c) Children.
(d) Merchants.

2. Which character attends a college called the National Sports Academy?
(a) Z.
(b) R.
(c) G.
(d) M.

3. What kind of performance is NOT ever held within the walls of Tsaravets, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) Opera.
(b) Symphony.
(c) Rock concert.
(d) Ballet.

4. During the break-up conversation between R. and the unnamed narrator, which adjective did R. use to describe their relationship?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Numbing.
(c) Unfulfilling.
(d) Crazy.

5. How many days together do R. and the unnamed narrator have in front of them when "The Frog King" begins?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

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

7. On what type of website did R. and the unnamed narrator first make contact with one another?
(a) A hook-up site.
(b) A live music site.
(c) An audiophile site.
(d) An education site.

8. The unnamed narrator likes to think that his easygoing nature about R.'s habitual tardiness is a result of what?
(a) His patience.
(b) His love for R.
(c) His upbringing.
(d) His relaxed nature.

9. Which European river has the unnamed narrator just seen in "A Valediction," at which point he describes it as the first river he has seen that is comparable in size "to those [he] had grown up beside in America"? (133)
(a) Seine.
(b) Volga.
(c) Rhine.
(d) Danube.

10. The unnamed narrator tells the reader that he would like to take what action in relation to R. in "Cleanness"?
(a) To dream.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To root.
(d) To roost.

11. What article of clothing does R. give to himself and to the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "The Frog King"?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A pair of earmuffs.
(c) A hat.
(d) A belt.

12. The unnamed narrator educates R. about which literary figure in the section entitled "A Valediction"?
(a) Esther Greenwood.
(b) Orpheus.
(c) Dante.
(d) Holden Caulfield.

13. What type of animal is Lilliyana, the animal sought out and fed periodically by the unnamed narrator and R.?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A crow.

14. At the time of the events depicted in "Harbor," the unnamed narrator has had no contact with R. for what length of time?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

15. In the section entitled "A Valediction," the unnamed narrator states that R. had returned to Sofia in which month?
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) November.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?

2. About how many feet tall is the Christmas tree R. and the unnamed narrator bring home on the train in "The Frog King"?

3. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?

4. R. asks which character to make the decision for him about whether to return to Lisbon?

5. The section entitled "A Valediction" takes place in the middle of which month?

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