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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the antivenom made of in "Blacamán"?
(a) Rose water.
(b) Snake venom.
(c) Vegetable oil.
(d) Rhubarb and turpentine.
2. What is Blacamán exhibiting at the beginning of "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles"?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A time machine.
(c) A sword.
(d) An antivenom.
3. From what do the women make the drowned man a pair of pants?
(a) A bedsheet.
(b) Flour sacks.
(c) Their husbands' pants.
(d) A sail.
4. What device kills pain in "Blacamán"?
(a) A battery-powered alarm clock.
(b) A sewing machine.
(c) A pogo stick.
(d) A hamster wheel.
5. In "A Very Old Man," what does the spider woman eat?
(a) Meatballs.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Insects.
6. What is Onésimo Sánchez's sign?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Sagittarius.
(c) Capricorn.
(d) Aries.
7. How much admission do Pelayo and Elisenda charge to see the old man?
(a) Thirty pesos.
(b) Five cents.
(c) One gold piece.
(d) One peso.
8. Whom does the narrator of "Blacamán" frequently resurrect?
(a) Blacamán the Bad.
(b) Houdini.
(c) Lazarus.
(d) Pelayo.
9. What is Rebecca's servant's name?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Felipe.
(c) Truman.
(d) Argenida.
10. Who runs the bar in "The Sea of Lost Time"?
(a) Pelayo.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Catarino.
11. What animal is infesting Pelayo's house at the beginning of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"?
(a) Goats.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Crabs.
12. Where did Onésimo Sánchez go to university?
(a) Göttingen.
(b) University of Santiago.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.
13. What miracle will the narrator of "Blacamán" not perform for his audiences?
(a) Making the lame walk.
(b) Making the blind see.
(c) Healing migraines.
(d) Resurrection.
14. Where is Balthazar at the end of the story?
(a) At home.
(b) At church.
(c) In the bar.
(d) In the street.
15. How old is Big Mama when she dies?
(a) Ninety-two.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) One hundred.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much longer than the village is the ghost ship in "The Last Voyage"?
2. At what age did the protagonist of "Montiel's Widow" marry José Montiel?
3. Who wants to buy the bird cage?
4. What follows Big Mama's funeral procession?
5. In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," what is the drowned man's weight compared to?
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