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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Marana, what is the only thing that dictates which novels survive?
(a) Language.
(b) Author.
(c) Time.
(d) Title.

2. When the reader turns the page, what does he discover to make a defective book?
(a) Torn pages.
(b) Pages that have been handwritten.
(c) Blank pages.
(d) A letter from Ludmilla.

3. Why does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler want to turn back time?
(a) So he can be happy again.
(b) So he doesn't have to see the woman waiting for him.
(c) So his train is not late.
(d) So he can postpone his meeting.

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

5. According to the bookseller, who wrote "Outside the Town of Malbork"?
(a) Cordezno Blazok.
(b) Bailo Hognan.
(c) Tazio Bazakbal.
(d) Maza Kinsor.

6. What is the name of Ludmilla's sister?
(a) Zwilda.
(b) Lubila.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Uzzi-Tuzzii.

7. How does the man feel when he realizes who his contact is?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Elated.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Furious.

8. Which character in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" mentions that another sack is needed?
(a) Eric.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Bernadette.
(d) Tazio.

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

10. Where does the author assume that the reader reads the book?
(a) On a plane.
(b) On a bus.
(c) In bed.
(d) Curled up in a chair at home.

11. According to the man in "Outside the Town of Malbork," what does the feud with another group cause?
(a) Death.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Illness.
(d) Ignorance.

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

13. Who walks the reader to Uzzi-Tuzii's office?
(a) Ludmilla's friend.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) Zwilda.
(d) Ludmilla.

14. Who wrote "Leaning from the Steep Slope"?
(a) Othar Zuti.
(b) Ukko Ahti.
(c) Laza Okno.
(d) Umptar Orvitz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two characters trying to put inside a sack in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?

2. Whose name is on a death sentence for treason in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

3. Who is Cavedagna?

4. What is combined with description in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

5. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?

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