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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Maker," what physical problem is the protagonist going through?
(a) He has jaundice.
(b) He is going blind.
(c) He is going deaf.
(d) He is losing the use of his left arm.

2. In "Unworthy," what does the rest of the gang call Fischbein?
(a) Fish.
(b) Little Russian.
(c) Iron Fist.
(d) The Tiger.

3. In "The Other Duel," though Cardosa and Silveira have a long-standing feud, what do they both do?
(a) Write a novel together.
(b) Open a store together.
(c) Fish together every Saturday.
(d) Join a rebel force.

4. In "The Sect of Thirty," the sect worships which Biblical figure?
(a) Cain.
(b) Judas.
(c) Ahab.
(d) Solomon.

5. In "The Night of the Gits," who is The Captive?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A man entranced by literature.
(c) A war prisoner.
(d) An innocent boy.

6. In "A Weary Man's Utopia," how old is the man from the future?
(a) 3, with scientific advances, humans reach maturity extremely early.
(b) 35.
(c) 100.
(d) 400.

7. In "Juan Murana," what is the name the aunt uses for the knife that kills the landlord?
(a) El Tiburon.
(b) Juan.
(c) The Sting.
(d) Gold Death.

8. In "A Prayer," what is the narrator's attitude toward his prayer?
(a) He repudiates it.
(b) He thinks it will make sure he is saved.
(c) He hopes it will give him worldly riches.
(d) He doesn't think much about it: he says the words with no thought.

9. In "The Disk," what god is associated with the disk?
(a) Thor.
(b) Isis.
(c) Vishnu.
(d) Odin.

10. In "The Yellow Rose," what does Marino FINALLY think about his poetry?
(a) His poetry can never reflect the reality of the rose.
(b) His poetry is adequate, but not great, and he should become a lawyer.
(c) His poetry is greater than the actual world.
(d) He has written the greatest poem on roses ever to exist.

11. In "Pedro Salvadores," Pedro belongs to which party?
(a) The Unitarian party.
(b) The Nazi party.
(c) The Whigs.
(d) The Aristotlean Thinkers.

12. In "The Gospel According to Mark," what does Baltasar do with the Gutres' English Bible?
(a) Steals it and sells it.
(b) Translates it into Spanish.
(c) Hides it from them.
(d) Uses it to prove the Bible's many historical errors.

13. What idea is the main concern of "Paradiso, XXXI, 108"?
(a) Experiencing and seeing God.
(b) Putting forth an analysis of Dante.
(c) Giving a detailed description of Heaven.
(d) The absolute misery of life.

14. In "In Memoriam, JFK," JFK's assassination is similar to what event?
(a) The murder of the President of Uruguay in 1897.
(b) An assassination that occurs in a mirror in a labyrinth.
(c) The exact same event on an alternate planet.
(d) The details of an O'Henry short story.

15. In "Blue Tigers," what do the Blue Tigers do to the narrator?
(a) They cause him to age backwards.
(b) They nearly drive him mad.
(c) They maul him.
(d) They slowly poison him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Avelino Arredondo," whom does Avelino murder?

2. In "The Bribe," what does Professor Einarrson write?

3. What is the event in "The Elderly Lady"?

4. In "Dreamtigers," the protagonist can see only little tigers, what kind does he want to see?

5. In "A Dialogue About a Dialogue," what interrupts the dialogue?

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