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

2. Who wrote the story La Volpaia?
(a) Jamaica Kincaid.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Mark Helprin.
(d) Yasunari Kawabata.

3. What does the old woman feed the meat to in the end of Weather in San Francisco?
(a) Cats.
(b) Fish.
(c) Bees.
(d) Dogs.

4. The author of The Elephant comes from where?
(a) Russia.
(b) Czechoslavakia.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Poland.

5. From where is the author of The Blue Jar?
(a) Wales.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of August 25, 1983 hails from where?

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

3. What does the zoo director in The Elephant decide to get as a cheaper alternative to a live elephant?

4. Who is the author of The Blue Jar?

5. When was the author of Weather in San Francisco born?

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