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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Welcoming the Board of Directors, The Boy, The Weather in San Francisco, Blue, The Grass-Eaters, Preparations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom did the monkey in On Hope steal?
(a) A Peruvian princess.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) King Charles II.
(d) An English princess.

2. The author of One of These Days hails from where?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Argentina.
(d) United States.

3. Who is the author of August 25, 1983?
(a) Heinrich Boll.
(b) Jorge Luis Borges.
(c) David Michael Kaplan.
(d) Josef Skvorecky.

4. What intellectual friend does the narrator visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jack.
(d) Phillip.

5. The girl falling 30 meters above Marta in The Falling Girl is wearing what?
(a) A ball gown.
(b) A bathing suit.
(c) A cape.
(d) A wedding dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman feed the meat to in the end of Weather in San Francisco?

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

3. Who is the author of Blue?

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

5. The old woman in Weather in San Francisco orders how much meat at the butcher's?

(see the answer key)

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