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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 9 through 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two buildings are on top of the hill?
(a) A museum and a chapel.
(b) A cinema and a cafe.
(c) A town hall and a belltower.
(d) A factory and a mill.

2. What is the name of the novel Bioy writes after the Invention of Morel?
(a) A Little Matter.
(b) Funny Bones.
(c) A Plan for Escape.
(d) It Happens When We Are Alone.

3. What can the narrator see from the marshlands?
(a) The church.
(b) The mountainside.
(c) The town hall.
(d) The top of a hill.

4. Why does the narrator decide he must build a shelter?
(a) To shelter him from storms.
(b) To keep him warm during the winter.
(c) To hide from the people.
(d) To attract attention.

5. What kind of pirates does the Italian say never go to the island?
(a) Japanese pirates.
(b) Vietnamese pirates.
(c) British pirates.
(d) Chinese pirates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the novel Casares wrote in 1934?

2. What kind of poetry does Bioy favor?

3. Why does the Italian say the Rockefeller Institute never visit the island?

4. What does the narrator claims stops one from running away in dreams?

5. What is the name of the Japanese cruiser that finds the dead crew of a ship?

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