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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. What is the setting of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Poland.
(b) Czechoslavakia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

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

3. Who moves across from the ascetic in House Opposite?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) An actress.
(d) A dog trainer.

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

5. Who wrote Death of the Right Fielder?
(a) Stuart Dybek.
(b) Jorge Luis Borges.
(c) Julio Cortázar.
(d) Leslie Norris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Blackberries?

2. What does the gypsy in On Hope train monkeys to do?

3. Who is the author of The Laugher?

4. Who becomes engaged to Freddie in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?

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

(see the answer key)

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