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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dentist in One of These Days?
(a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(b) Jorge Luis Borges.
(c) Aurelio Escovar.
(d) Krishnan Varma.

2. What does the old woman feed the meat to in the end of Weather in San Francisco?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cats.
(c) Bees.
(d) Dogs.

3. When was the author of Weather in San Francisco born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1935.

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

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

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

7. Where is the author of At the River from?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) United States.

8. Where is the author of Iguana Hunting from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Spain.
(d) United States.

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

10. Who is the author of Love, Your Only Mother?
(a) Yasunari Kawabata.
(b) Josef Skvorecky.
(c) David Michael Kaplan.
(d) Mark Helprin.

11. Where does the teacher go with the student in The Boy?
(a) A car show.
(b) A museum.
(c) A play.
(d) A hotel.

12. The author of The Grass-Eaters hails from where?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) India.
(c) United States.
(d) Canada.

13. What intellectual friend does the narrator visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Paul.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Phillip.
(d) Jack.

14. Who is the author of The Elephant?
(a) Heinrich Boll.
(b) Slawomir Mrozek.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Mark Halplin.

15. What color is the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gold.
(c) Black.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what teenage cousin does the author go for a visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?

2. Who is the author of Girl?

3. Where does the daughter of the lord die in The Blue Jar?

4. The story On Hope comes from what country?

5. What are the people like in the upper floors of the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?

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