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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Disappearing, A Lover's Ear, By the Creek, The Book, Facing the Light, Lost Keys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author of The Book hails from where?
(a) United States.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Guatemala.

2. Who wrote Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Joyce Carol Oates.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Slawomir Mrozek.
(d) Jorge Luis Borges.

3. What does the gypsy in On Hope train monkeys to do?
(a) Play the piano.
(b) Steal for him.
(c) Hunt for food.
(d) Dance and smoke.

4. Who is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Yasunari Kawabata.
(b) Josef Skvorecky.
(c) Jamaica Kincaid.
(d) Mark Helprin.

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. Where is the author of Iguana Hunting from?

2. Who wrote The Book?

3. Who is the central character in La Volpaia?

4. Who saves the English lord's daughter in The Blue Jar?

5. Who is the author of By the Creek?

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