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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Terminal, Emilie Plead Choose One Egg, There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella, Family Album, The Last Days of a Famous Mime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Verb To Kill ?
(a) Luisa Valenzuela.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Denis Hirson.
(d) Jeannette Winterson.

2. What is the setting of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Czechoslavakia.
(d) Russia.

3. What does the author compare the setting sun to in The Falling Girl?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A halo.
(c) A potato.
(d) A mushroom.

4. The teammates in Death of the Right Fielder suspect the player either tripped or what?
(a) Choked to death.
(b) Was stabbed.
(c) Had a heart attack.
(d) Was shot.

5. The old woman in Weather in San Francisco orders how much meat at the butcher's?
(a) 1 pound.
(b) 1 ton.
(c) 2 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Happy Endings is structured similarly to what?

2. Who wrote Facing the Light?

3. What intellectual friend does the narrator visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?

4. What is the man's sole profession in The Laughter?

5. What is the name of the central female character in Happy Endings?

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