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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. Who becomes engaged to Freddie in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Petr.
(b) Adolf.
(c) Johann.
(d) Andrew.

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

3. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A mushroom.
(c) A potato.
(d) A halo.

4. What rises in the water at the end of On Hope?
(a) An octopus.
(b) A demon.
(c) An angel.
(d) A shark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The teammates in Death of the Right Fielder suspect the player either tripped or what?

2. Where is the author of The Falling Girl from?

3. Who moves across from the ascetic in House Opposite?

4. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

5. Where is the university student in La Volpaia heading to by train?

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