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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 is Gregory skilled at in the story with his name?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Computers.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Fighting.

2. What inspires people to strip their houses of walls and roofs in Blue?
(a) An aescetic.
(b) Dreams.
(c) The gods.
(d) The mayor.

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

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

5. Who is the author of The Boy?
(a) Aurelio Escovar.
(b) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Mark Halprin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics from?

3. In Death of the Right Fielder, how was the right fielder received by his teammates?

4. Who wrote At the River?

5. What is the name of the man the central female character falls in love with after the death of her husband in Happy Endings?

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