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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 kind of product does La Martona produce?
(a) Dairy products.
(b) Clothing products.
(c) Leather products.
(d) Coffee products.

2. Which of the following words does the author use to describe Bioy's personality?
(a) Happy-go-lucky.
(b) Loopy.
(c) Devious.
(d) Shy.

3. What country does Bioy see as his second home?
(a) Germany
(b) Mexico.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. What is the name of the writer with whom Casares developed a close friendship?
(a) Jorge Luis Borges.
(b) Garbriel Marcia Marquez.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Peter Robinson.

5. Why is it impossible to cut the trees on top of the hill?
(a) They are too young.
(b) The wood is too hard.
(c) They are guarded.
(d) They are diseased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator move out by the swimming pool?

2. Which French novelist does Borges reference in the prologue?

3. The essayist say Casares's novels are rich in what?

4. Which of the following words does the narrator use to describe the rooms of the museum?

5. Which of the following creatures can one find in the swimming pool?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morel say is different about the photograph he has taken of those present?

2. What do the people in the meeting conclude after Morel storms out?

3. How does the narrator describe the woman he sees watching the sunset?

4. For what reasons does Borges say he likes adventure stories?

5. How did Casares entertain his friends?

6. Why does the narrator think he could be hallucinating the people in the museum?

7. Why does the narrator decide against suicide?

8. Describe the layout of the island?

9. Why does the narrator contemplate murder?

10. What does the narrator feel about the woman he sees watching the sunset?

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