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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At the River, The Blue Jar, Gregory, Iguana Hunting.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Gregory skilled at in the story with his name?

3. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?

4. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?

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

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