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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is "Leaning from the Steep Slope" unfinished?
(a) The author committed suicide.
(b) The author no longer enjoyed writing.
(c) The author was censored.
(d) The book's publisher dropped the author.

2. Whose name is on a death sentence for treason in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Valerian.
(b) Alex.
(c) Vortus.
(d) Irina.

3. What is the food described at the beginning of "Outside the Town of Malbork"?
(a) Achozoneja.
(b) Blatjiziana.
(c) Cordenblise.
(d) Schoeblintsjia.

4. To what type of organization does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler belong?
(a) One that is weaker than the police.
(b) One in which he could be killed at any moment.
(c) The police force.
(d) A large and powerful one.

5. What does the author assume about the reader throughout the book?
(a) That the reader likes to read.
(b) That the reader is a man.
(c) That the reader is a teenager.
(d) That the reader is poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reader find when he begins reading the book the bookseller gives him?

2. What separates Ludmilla's friend from Ludmilla?

3. Who turns out to be the contact the man is waiting for in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?

4. When the reader turns the page, what does he discover to make a defective book?

5. How many pages has the reader read when the book starts over?

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