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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Terminal, Emilie Plead Choose One Egg, There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella, Family Album, The Last Days of a Famous Mime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the monkey die from in On Hope?
(a) Choking on a jewel.
(b) Hit by a car.
(c) Gunshot.
(d) Hanging.

2. Who wrote Family Album?
(a) Siv Cedering.
(b) Fernando Sorrentino.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) J. Bernlef.

3. Who is the author of The Laugher?
(a) David Michael Kaplan.
(b) Heinrich Boll.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Josef Skvorecky.

4. Who is the author of The Falling Girl?
(a) Leslie Norris.
(b) Anne Beattie.
(c) Dino Buzzati.
(d) Stuart Dybek.

5. What does the gypsy's monkey bring to him in On Hope?
(a) The Hope diamond.
(b) The Emerald of Divinity.
(c) A crystal ball.
(d) The Royal sceptor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the family in Family Album from?

2. When do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?

3. What does the young boy borrow from his father in By the Creek?

4. The author of Homage to Isaac Babel is listed as being from England and where?

5. Who is the author of Don't You Blame Anyone?

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