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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. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

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

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

4. Who wrote Family Album?
(a) Siv Cedering.
(b) J. Bernlef.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) Fernando Sorrentino.

5. What does the patriarch of the house of Mokgobja do in order to bring rain in Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Burns his crops.
(b) Sacrifices his daughters.
(c) Burns down his estate.
(d) Sacrifices his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Street Sweeping Show?

2. Who is the author of By the Creek?

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

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

5. What is the age difference of the men in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?

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