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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. What becomes ruined due to the boy and his father in Blackberries?
(a) A cap.
(b) A basket.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Pants.

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

3. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of The Elephant comes from where?

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

3. What is the name of the central male character in Happy Endings?

4. Who is the author of Girl?

5. Who is the author of Preparations?

(see the answer key)

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