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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 are the two characters trying to put inside a sack in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Groceries.
(c) Their personal items.
(d) Stolen goods.

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

3. Where do the two characters dispose of a dead body in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) At a cemetery.
(b) In a dumpster.
(c) In a river.
(d) Over a terrace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two characters in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" want to do with a dead man?

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

3. From what perspective is most of the novel written?

4. What is a theme in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

5. Which word best describes the setting in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the reader and Ludmilla agree upon in Chapter 4?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what type of book does Ludmilla state she enjoys and why is this significant?

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

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

6. In Chapter 5, what new type of book does Ludmilla claim to enjoy?

7. Describe the narrator of "Leaning from the Steep Slope."

8. Describe "Outside the Town of Malbork."

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

10. Describe the perspective from which the novel is narrated.

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