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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 is the setting of On Hope?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Argentina.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Spain.

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

3. Who is the author of Love, Your Only Mother?
(a) Josef Skvorecky.
(b) Mark Helprin.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) David Michael Kaplan.

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

5. From what country is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?
(a) China.
(b) United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?

2. With what teenage cousin does the author go for a visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?

3. Who is the author of Weather in San Francisco?

4. What inspires people to strip their houses of walls and roofs in Blue?

5. Who makes an effort of reading Isaac Babel's short stories, though she does not understand them in Homage to Isaac Babel?

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