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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of On Hope?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Spain.
(d) New Mexico.

2. What kind of meat does the old woman order in Weather in San Francisco?
(a) Bratwurst.
(b) Steak.
(c) Liver.
(d) Haggis.

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

4. Who wrote the story Gregory?
(a) Panos Ioannides.
(b) Isak Dinesen.
(c) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(d) Doris Lessing.

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

6. Who makes an effort of reading Isaac Babel's short stories, though she does not understand them in Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Philip.

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

8. Who is the author of Iguana Hunting?
(a) Edla van Steen.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Luisa Valenzuela.
(d) Hernan Lara Zavala.

9. The story of La Volpaia comes from what country?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Argentina.
(c) United States.
(d) Spain.

10. What inspires people to strip their houses of walls and roofs in Blue?
(a) Dreams.
(b) The gods.
(c) An aescetic.
(d) The mayor.

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

12. The girl falling 30 meters above Marta in The Falling Girl is wearing what?
(a) A ball gown.
(b) A cape.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A wedding dress.

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

14. Who becomes engaged to Freddie in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Adolf.
(b) Petr.
(c) Johann.
(d) Andrew.

15. Who does Catherine hope will come to her birthday party in the end of Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Jason.
(b) Mark.
(c) Philip.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author of Iguana Hunting from?

2. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

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

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

5. Where is the author of At the River from?

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