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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 62 through 78.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author awakens to the sound of what?
(a) A phonograph record.
(b) The radio.
(c) A gospel choir.
(d) Birds singing.

2. Whose motto does the narrator say he will adopt as his own?
(a) Peter's.
(b) Michelangelo's.
(c) Jesus's.
(d) Leonardo's.

3. What does the man hear humming when he goes back upstairs?
(a) The motor.
(b) The choir.
(c) The generator.
(d) The lamps.

4. How is the aquarium different from the last time the narrator saw it?
(a) The fish are alive.
(b) The fish are dead.
(c) The water is clean.
(d) It is full of human bones.

5. What building is on the lowlands of the island?
(a) A mill.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A factory.
(d) A prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. The town of Bearn is in what country?

2. What is the name of the writer with whom Casares developed a close friendship?

3. Why does the narrator think the two men he sees are ghosts?

4. What is the name of the story the author says anticipates the Invention of Morel?

5. Who does the narrator design his flower bed to look like?

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