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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 protagonist of "The Third Resignation" have a phobia of?
(a) Crowds.
(b) Small spaces.
(c) Mice.
(d) Spiders.

2. During what activity does the protagonist of "The Other Side of Death" particularly envision his brother?
(a) Laying bricks.
(b) Shaving.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Cooking.

3. What is the protagonist of "Dialogue" going to have for breakfast?
(a) Doughnuts.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Kidneys.
(d) Pancakes.

4. What is described in "Monologue" as a "grey, jellyish substance"?
(a) The sea.
(b) The mud.
(c) The sky.
(d) Isabel's rooftop.

5. What caused the characters' blindness in "Night"?
(a) Curlews.
(b) Surgery.
(c) An explosion.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the protagonist of "Dialogue" struggle to remember?

2. How many favorite books does Eva have?

3. As discussed in "Monologue of Isabel," what season does the rain indicate in Macondo?

4. What sound do the sleepwalkers want to hear at the end of "Bitterness"?

5. What does the girl in "Tuesday Siesta" not have for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the doctor's diagnosis and treatment for the protagonist of "The Third Resignation."

2. Describe the setting at the end of "Eva."

3. Describe the woman's appearance when she came to the narrator's house in "Someone."

4. Describe the "boy" in "Eva."

5. What causes the woman to fall in "Bitterness," and what happens to her thereafter?

6. How do the sleepwalkers try to calm the woman?

7. Describe the protagonist's brother's death in "The Other Side of Death."

8. Describe the appearance of the girl and woman in "Tuesday Siesta."

9. Explain Eva's relationship to her beauty in "Eva Is Inside Her Cat."

10. How does the protagonist notice he is "really" dying? Explain.

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