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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Cortus Cordelius.
(b) Franklin Pierce.
(c) Shansin Genovice.
(d) Vortus Vijandi.

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

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

4. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Bernadette.
(c) Jolene.
(d) Sibylle.

5. How many men greet the two characters in an elevator in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

6. What do the police tell the man to do in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?
(a) To give him the suitcase.
(b) To sit down and answer questions.
(c) To leave town quickly.
(d) To find the woman he was talking to.

7. What is the name of the character with a picture in his pocket?
(a) Brigid.
(b) Karson.
(c) Rowan.
(d) Ponko.

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

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

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

11. What is the reader searching for after reading part of "Outside the Town of Malbork"?
(a) Love.
(b) A new bookstore.
(c) A complete book.
(d) A book he will actually enjoy.

12. For what does the author chastise the reader?
(a) Reading in bed.
(b) Reading in the dark.
(c) Taking the book to work.
(d) Taking the book on the subway.

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

14. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?
(a) Music.
(b) The bookstore.
(c) The bookseller.
(d) Books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. in "Outside the Town of Malbork," why will nothing be the same for the main character?

2. How does the man feel when he realizes who his contact is?

3. Which of the following makes the book seem interactive?

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

5. What is considered the language of the dead?

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