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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. How many classes of 12th graders does the unnamed narrator teach in the narrative present of "Mentor"?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What action does the unnamed narrator plan to take when he reaches his destination in the taxi in "Decent People"?
(a) Protest.
(b) Dance.
(c) Recite.
(d) Lecture.

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

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

5. What beverage do the unnamed narrator and G. drink during their conversation in "The Mentor"?
(a) Rum.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has the unnamed narrator lived in Sofia by the time of the events in "Mentor"?

2. The unnamed narrator states that Gospodar is as old as which character?

3. What object does D. use to document the goings-on at the protests featured in "Decent People"?

4. What kind of forums does the unnamed narrator suggest to G. when he provides advice?

5. What kind of forums does G. automatically assume the unnamed narrator is referring to before the matter is cleared up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the unnamed narrator's reason for participating in the protests depicted in the section entitled "Decent People"?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. What emotion does the unnamed narrator feel most strongly when he thinks about having lost R. in the section called "Gospodar"?

8. What mistake does G. point out in his own poem and what message is he sending to the unnamed narrator with this admission?

9. Who is M.?

10. In what way does the unnamed narrator use a simile to indicate when his conversation with G. has gone cold?

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