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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. What does the Bulgarian term "skupi" (89) mean in English?
(a) Dear or of great price.
(b) Lord or master.
(c) Mad or of unsound mind.
(d) Rich or of a higher class.

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

3. R. leads the unnamed narrator to what type of location, where the unnamed narrator sees something he feels contains "a promise for" (120) him?
(a) A museum.
(b) A bank.
(c) A town square.
(d) A pizza parlor.

4. What is the pet name used by both R. and the unnamed narrator to refer to one another?
(a) Flupi.
(b) Skupi.
(c) Corpi.
(d) Morpi.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was R. when he and the unnamed narrator met one another?

3. In what location do the unnamed narrator and R. spend a number of days together during R.'s winter vacation?

4. To what type of establishment does R. lead a reluctant unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason are R. and the unnamed narrator able to spend ten days together in the section entitled "The Frog King"?

2. What are revealed to have been the circumstances of the split between R. and the unnamed narrator?

3. How does the unnamed narrator describe the abilities of the sea to affect one's perceptions?

4. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?

5. What action does the priest in "Harbor" take that frightens the other members of the group?

6. About what subject does the unnamed narrator teach R. in the section entitled "A Valediction"?

7. In what way does Greenwell clearly want the reader to see the unnamed narrator's comparison of Portugal and Bulgaria as flawed?

8. To what location do the unnamed narrator and R. travel together during R.'s winter break in "The Frog King"?

9. In what way does Greenwell return to the symbol of wind in the section entitled "The Frog King" and what is the wind's significance in this section?

10. What is Tsaravets, the site depicted in the section called "A Valediction"?

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