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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. In "One of These Days," what is the Mayor supposed to gargle?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Mouthwash.
(c) Iodine.
(d) A novacaine solution.

2. What does José call the woman in "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock"?
(a) Queen.
(b) Maria.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sweetheart.

3. The narrator of "Eyes" has dreamed of the woman as what object?
(a) A statue.
(b) A painting.
(c) A cricket.
(d) A clock.

4. In "The Third Resignation," what object is in the protagonist's coffin?
(a) A phone.
(b) A dried rose.
(c) A watch.
(d) A pillow.

5. What is mentioned in "Bitterness" as having "a lot of remembered tree and deep river about them"?
(a) The woman's shouts.
(b) The woman's shoes.
(c) The sleepwalkers' dreams.
(d) Macondo's cliffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Night," what did the woman say caused the man's blindness?

2. What does the Mayor get rid of in "One of These Days"?

3. Where do the sleepwalkers go after the woman's announcement?

4. What is described in "Monologue" as a "grey, jellyish substance"?

5. How long has the "boy" in "Eva" been dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize what happens while the woman is talking to the priest in "Tuesday Siesta."

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

3. Describe the events leading to Nabo's death in "Nabo: The Black Man who Made the Angels Wait."

4. Describe the living arrangements of the protagonist of "Dialogue with the Mirror."

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

6. Describe some of the ways the woman has tried to find the man.

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

8. Describe the setting of "The Woman who Came at Six O'Clock."

9. Describe the protagonist's dream in "The Other Side of Death."

10. How do the men of "The Night of the Curlews" become blind? Explain.

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