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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who agrees that the reader needs to see a publisher but does not want to go by himself/herself?
(a) Alex.
(b) Lotaria.
(c) Ludmilla.
(d) Uzzi-Tuzii.

2. What is combined with description in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Sexual innuendo.
(b) Caricatures.
(c) Beautiful imagery.
(d) Intense violence.

3. What language does Marana confess that he cannot read?
(a) Italian.
(b) Cimmerian.
(c) English.
(d) Cimbrian.

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

5. In "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow," what is the name of the dead man?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Luke.
(c) Jojo.
(d) Lee.

6. How does the author refer to the woman the reader talks to?
(a) The other reader.
(b) The girl.
(c) The female reader.
(d) The book lover.

7. Which word best describes the setting in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Full of lessons.
(c) Military.
(d) Tranquil.

8. Who is the root of the problem with the books?
(a) Ermes Marana.
(b) Umberto Marana.
(c) Henry Marana.
(d) Chavez Marana.

9. What did Marana claim to be, according to the publishing house?
(a) An illustrator.
(b) An agent.
(c) An author.
(d) A translator.

10. What does the author admit to wishing to convey through descriptions of a fight?
(a) A true sense of character.
(b) A true sense of imagery.
(c) A true sense of violence.
(d) A true sense of romance.

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

12. in "Outside the Town of Malbork," why will nothing be the same for the main character?
(a) He will never come back home.
(b) He has changed too much.
(c) He knows when he comes back everybody else will be gone.
(d) His parents are getting divorced.

13. With whom does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler talk?
(a) Mademoiselle Stephens.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) Ms. Tukish.
(d) Madame Marne.

14. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?
(a) Along a hiking trail.
(b) Along the lake.
(c) Around a pond.
(d) Along the harbor.

15. 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 his train is not late.
(c) So he doesn't have to see the woman waiting for him.
(d) So he can postpone his meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ludmilla's male friend?

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

3. Which character in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" mentions that another sack is needed?

4. According to Marana, who does not matter?

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

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