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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 leave town quickly.
(c) To find the woman he was talking to.
(d) To sit down and answer questions.

2. In "Outside the Town of Malbork," where does the main character's spend his final morning?
(a) Korseniwa.
(b) Kurbinsa.
(c) Klyne.
(d) Kudgiwa.

3. What does the reader do when the book starts over?
(a) He throws it.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He calls Ludmilla.
(d) He puts it in the trash.

4. What is similar to the reader's book and the book Uzzi-Tuzzii translates?
(a) Location.
(b) Proper names.
(c) Plot.
(d) Author.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marana, who does not matter?

2. What are the names of the two languages with a conflict in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

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

4. Which character in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" is described as ungrateful and terse?

5. What does Zwilda draw?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reader's interaction with the "other reader."

2. How is jealousy a theme in "Outside the Town of Malbork"?

3. What is apparent about the organization the man works for in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler?

4. Describe the novel "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo."

5. How is confusion a theme in the novel?

6. Who is Ermes Marana?

7. Why is the book titled If On a Winter's Night a Traveler in the story so vague?

8. What is the origin of the problem with the books?

9. What foreshadows a future problem in Chapter 2?

10. Why was "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" chastised?

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