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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through La Volpaia, An Insolvable Problem of Genetics, House Opposite, Love Your Only Mother, The Laugher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story On Hope comes from what country?
(a) United States.
(b) Israel.
(c) Canada.
(d) Argentina.

2. Where do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?
(a) In his backyard.
(b) On the field.
(c) Next to the field.
(d) In a cemetery.

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

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

5. Who is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?
(a) Joyce Carol Oates.
(b) Julio Cortazar.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Margaret Atwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Blackberries?

2. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?

3. How old is Marta in The Falling Girl?

4. The girl falling 30 meters above Marta in The Falling Girl is wearing what?

5. What is the name of the central female character in Happy Endings?

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