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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Freddie explain her biological father is in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Latino.
(b) Black.
(c) French.
(d) Austrian.

4. From where is the author of House Opposite?
(a) Germany.
(b) United States.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) India.

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

6. Who is the central character in La Volpaia?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paulo.
(c) Guiliano.
(d) Julio.

7. With what teenage cousin does the author go for a visit in Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Emily.

8. From where is the author of The Blue Jar?
(a) Wales.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Switzerland.

9. Who wrote the story La Volpaia?
(a) Mark Helprin.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Jamaica Kincaid.

10. Who is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Josef Skvorecky.
(b) Mark Helprin.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Jamaica Kincaid.

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

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

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

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

15. What is the age difference of the men in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 23 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what voice and tense is Welcoming the Board of Directors written?

2. The author of Love, Your Only Mother hails from where?

3. Who wrote At the River?

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

5. How old is Marta in The Falling Girl?

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