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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tancredi, Las Papas, The Black Dog, Snow, The Explosion in the Parlor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Girl?
(a) Yasunari Kawabata.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Jamaica Kincaid.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

2. What is the name of the central female character in Happy Endings?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Christine.
(d) Mary.

3. What is the setting of Blue?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Australia.
(d) Paris.

4. What are the Maori tribesmen fishing for in At the River?
(a) Carp.
(b) Trout.
(c) Bass.
(d) Eel.

5. What does the daughter of the lord become obsessed with finding in The Blue Jar?
(a) The perfect jar.
(b) The setting sun.
(c) The sailor who saved her.
(d) The perfect color blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Blackberries?

2. Where did the narrator's uncle go and find a bride in Family Album?

3. Who is the author of Disappearing?

4. From where is the author of House Opposite?

5. The characters in Homage to Isaac Babel see a melodramatic movie about what?

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