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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mr. and Mrs. Martins, Di Grasso, The Street-Sweeping Show, Courtly Vision, The Model.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where is the author of House Opposite?
(a) United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) India.
(d) Switzerland.

2. What is Gregory skilled at in the story with his name?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Computers.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Fighting.

3. What does the daughter of the lord become obsessed with finding in The Blue Jar?
(a) The perfect color blue.
(b) The perfect jar.
(c) The setting sun.
(d) The sailor who saved her.

4. Who is the author of House Opposite?
(a) Mark Helprin.
(b) Yasunari Kawabata.
(c) Josef Skvorecky.
(d) R.K. Narayan

5. Where does the daughter of the lord die in The Blue Jar?
(a) China.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is the author of The Blue Jar?

2. Who is the author of Iguana Hunting?

3. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?

4. What is the man's sole profession in The Laughter?

5. What does the older Maori tribesman tell the younger men they would be better off fishing with in At the River?

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