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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Joshua Karabish," what kind of writer is Joshua?

2. Which author did Darma write his disseration on?

3. In "Joshua Karabish," what does Joshua assure the narrator about his illness?

4. What kind of fiction does Darma think he may never write again?

5. In "Joshua Karabish," what does Joshua take with him on a trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What illness does Joshua have in "Joshua Karabish"?

2. Whose house does the narrator of "The Old Man with No Name" move into?

3. In what decade did Darma attend university?

4. What does Joshua's mother think of him, in "Joshua Karabish"?

5. Which of the narrator's neighbors abuses animals, in "The Old Man with No Name"?

6. In "The Family M," who is Mark?

7. Which author did Darma write his PhD dissertation about?

8. In "The Family M," who is Melvin?

9. Where is Budi Darma originally from? What brought him to the U.S.?

10. In "Joshua Karabish," who is the narrator's roommate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the character of Orez in the story "Orez." What kind of person is Orez, and what affect does he have on his parents?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay depicting the relationship between the narrator and the Meek family in "The Family M." What does the narrator make of this family, and how and why does his opinion of them change by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the narrator's feelings toward his housemates and neighbors in "Yorrick." Why does he come to resent them so much? How do they make him feel?

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