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

2. What is the man's sole profession in The Laughter?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Singing.

3. The characters in Homage to Isaac Babel see a melodramatic movie about what?
(a) The apocolypse.
(b) World War II.
(c) Capital punishment.
(d) Bollywood.

4. Who is the author of Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Daniel Boulanger.
(b) Bessie Head.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) Peter Carey.

5. Whose son died in Welcoming the Board of Directors?
(a) The governor's.
(b) The porter's.
(c) The shopkeeper's.
(d) The president's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?

2. From what country is the author of Courtly Vision?

3. Who is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?

4. Who wrote Death of the Right Fielder?

5. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?

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