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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 headboard.
(c) A window.
(d) A lock.

5. What new topic does the unnamed narrator introduce when the first topic of conversation with G. falls flat?
(a) Romance.
(b) Poetry.
(c) War.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?

2. What object does Gospodar use to whip the unnamed narrator's back as they engage in a sexual encounter?

3. In the section entitled "Decent People," the unnamed narrator runs into someone named M. Who is M.?

4. When G. tells the unnamed narrator about his friendships with three other students, the unnamed narrator feels what element develop between them?

5. Which letter of the alphabet does G. use to refer to his friend on whom he has a crush?

Short Essay Questions

1. What subject does the unnamed narrator bring up when the conversation goes cold early on in "Mentor"?

2. What information about the unnamed narrator's father has been revealed by the time "Decent People" comes to a close?

3. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to find his dwelling in Sofia and what are its attributes?

4. How does the unnamed narrator describe the feeling he always gets when he "loses track" (22) of his place in the world?

5. In what way is D.'s experience different than many Bulgarians and why does it lend a degree of heroism to his reputation in Sofia?

6. For what length of time have the unnamed narrator and R. been broken up by the time of the events depicted in "Gospodar"?

7. What is the source of G.'s heartbreak, as depicted in the section called "Mentor"?

8. In what way do G.'s assumptions about the American LGBTQ community make him feel isolated?

9. From what part of the world did the unnamed narrator originally hail?

10. What major step is the unnamed narrator planning to take at the end of the school year depicted in "Mentor"?

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