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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 25, 1983, The Elephant, Homage to Isaac Babel, One of These Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The teammates in Death of the Right Fielder suspect the player either tripped or what?
(a) Was stabbed.
(b) Choked to death.
(c) Was shot.
(d) Had a heart attack.

2. The story of Happy Endings is structured similarly to what?
(a) Russian fairy tales.
(b) Choose-your-own-adventure novels.
(c) Illustrated children's books.
(d) Comic books.

3. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Christine.
(d) Mary.

4. How does the author say the night had fallen in The Falling Girl?
(a) Spookily.
(b) Craftily.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Eerily.

5. Who is the author of On Hope?
(a) Margaret Atwood.
(b) Spencer Holst.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Julio Cortazar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics from?

2. What does Freddie explain her biological father is in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?

3. Who wrote the story La Volpaia?

4. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?

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

(see the answer key)

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