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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two characters in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" want to do with a dead man?
(a) Sell him.
(b) Burn him.
(c) Turn him in to the police.
(d) Bury him.

2. What books does Lotaria like to read?
(a) Books with interesting plots.
(b) Books that clarify issues.
(c) Books with large vocabulary.
(d) Books that discuss current events.

3. What is most likely inside the suitcase the man carries around?
(a) Something designed to kill whoever opens it.
(b) Something illegal or dangerous.
(c) Money.
(d) Nothing.

4. At whom does Irina point a revolver?
(a) Lotaria.
(b) Valerian.
(c) Alex.
(d) Eric.

5. What is the name of Ludmilla's male friend?
(a) Jan.
(b) Humphrey.
(c) Irnerio.
(d) Cimmer.

6. Which character is Irina most like?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) The reader.
(d) Irnerio.

7. Who reads "Leaning from the Steep Slope" out loud?
(a) Uzzi-Tuzzii.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) Ludmilla.
(d) The reader.

8. Where does Zwilda stay?
(a) Inn of the Bland Sea.
(b) Motel Casa de Flores.
(c) Hotel of the Barren Flower.
(d) Hotel of the Sea Lily.

9. What is the name of the country divided so much that it no longer exists?
(a) Ahti.
(b) Cimmeria.
(c) Uzzi-Tuzii.
(d) Zwilda.

10. Where does Ludmilla want the reader to meet her?
(a) Cafe.
(b) Bookstore.
(c) University.
(d) Grocery store.

11. What is Galligani's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Professor.
(d) Doctor.

12. What does Zwilda draw?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Fish.
(c) The beach.
(d) Seashells.

13. What are the names of the two languages with a conflict in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Cimmerian and Cimbric.
(b) Cimbric and Spanish.
(c) French and English.
(d) English and Cimmerian.

14. After examining the narration , which character would most like to read "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Lotaria.
(b) Irnerio.
(c) Ludmilla.
(d) Alex.

15. Why does Ludmilla read?
(a) To experience emotions.
(b) For pleasure.
(c) For meaning.
(d) For knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Marana confess that he cannot read?

2. Which of the following is a theme in the first chapter of the book?

3. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?

4. Which sense does cutting apart pages with a paper knife occupy?

5. What does the bookseller warn the reader about the next book he's given?

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