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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jaromir Hladik live?
(a) Prague.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Amsterdam.

2. From what point of view is "Theme of the Traitor and Hero" written?
(a) Second person omniscient.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

3. Why does Scharlach lead Erik Lonnrot to the location of the fourth murder?
(a) Out of guilt.
(b) The fourth victim is his brother.
(c) To kill him for arresting his brother.
(d) To turn in his deranged brother.

4. In "Death and the Compass," why do the police believe the rabbi was murdered?
(a) As part of a hate crime.
(b) He offended a group of religious people.
(c) As part of a crime of passion.
(d) As part of a botched robbery.

5. What does Ireneo Funes ask to borrow from the narrator?
(a) Books.
(b) A pen.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A coat.

6. How does Ireneo Funes become paralyzed?
(a) By falling out of a tree.
(b) By being struck by a truck.
(c) By falling off a truck.
(d) By falling off a horse.

7. Who is Erik Lonnrot?
(a) A detective.
(b) A robber.
(c) A professor.
(d) A baker.

8. What is the "secret miracle" that Jaromir Hladik experiences?
(a) During his execution, he is able to mentally finish his play.
(b) The Allies arrive before the executioners can reload.
(c) Lightning stirkes the executioners.
(d) He is able to pretend to be dead.

9. When is "The Secret Miracle" set?
(a) In an undetermined time.
(b) During World War I.
(c) During World War II.
(d) In the future.

10. Which American President is compared with Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) McKinley.
(c) Garfield.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

11. From what point of view is "Funes, The Memorious" written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Second person omniscient.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

12. Why are Nils Runeberg's theories controversial?
(a) They claim Judas never existed.
(b) He bakes pies in the shape of religious figures.
(c) They give three theories for the behavior of Judas.
(d) They claim that time is irrelevant.

13. What does the narrator ask the Englishman after dinner?
(a) When he fought in the war.
(b) Where he can find a telephone.
(c) How he received his scar.
(d) Why the room is so dark.

14. What do the narrator and Ireneo Funes discuss?
(a) His sister.
(b) Funes' paralysis.
(c) Funes' hyper-awareness.
(d) The war.

15. What nationality is Jaromir Hladik?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Dutch,

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Death and the Compass," what does the reader learn about the clues found at the crime scenes?

2. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the third man in "Death and the Compass" was murdered?

3. In the story, "The End," why is the man in the back of the store lying down?

4. What does Jaromir Hladik ask God for in a prayer?

5. In "Death and the Compass," how are Erik Lonnrot and the police alerted to the third murder?

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