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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people like in the upper floors of the skyscraper in The Falling Girl?
(a) Young and poor.
(b) Middle aged and bored.
(c) Old and feeble.
(d) Young and rich.

2. Where do they bury the player in Death of the Right Fielder?
(a) In his backyard.
(b) In a cemetery.
(c) On the field.
(d) Next to the field.

3. Who moves across from the ascetic in House Opposite?
(a) An actress.
(b) A dog trainer.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A policeman.

4. In Death of the Right Fielder, how was the right fielder received by his teammates?
(a) He was the favorite team member.
(b) He was disliked.
(c) He was a great player but disliked.
(d) He was beloved.

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

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

7. From what country does the story Gregory come?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Cyprus.

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

9. Where does Blackberries take place?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ireland.

10. Who is the author of On Hope?
(a) Julio Cortazar.
(b) Spencer Holst.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Jorge Luis Borges.

11. In the second scenario presented in Happy Endings, who kills him/herself?
(a) Christine.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Elizabeth.

12. The author of Love, Your Only Mother hails from where?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) United States.
(c) Israel.
(d) Canada.

13. The teammates in Death of the Right Fielder suspect the player either tripped or what?
(a) Was shot.
(b) Choked to death.
(c) Had a heart attack.
(d) Was stabbed.

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

15. How does the author say the night had fallen in The Falling Girl?
(a) Eerily.
(b) Spookily.
(c) Craftily.
(d) Nervously.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the older Maori tribesman tell the younger men they would be better off fishing with in At the River?

2. The story of Happy Endings is structured similarly to what?

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

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

5. Who is the author of Weather in San Francisco?

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