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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Homage to Isaac Babel?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Slawomir Mrozek.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

2. 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.

3. In what school grade is the narrator of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Sixth.

4. How old is Marta in The Falling Girl?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

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

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

7. Where is the university student in La Volpaia heading to by train?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

8. In Iguana Hunting, a boy goes to the country to visit his cousin Chidra and who?
(a) Crispin.
(b) Peter.
(c) Johann.
(d) Yula.

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

10. Who is the author of Happy Endings?
(a) Yasunari Kawabata.
(b) Julio Cortazar.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Spencer Holst.

11. Who is the author of Don't You Blame Anyone?
(a) Jorge Luis Borges.
(b) Julio Cortazar.
(c) Margaret Atwood.
(d) Spencer Holst.

12. What does the gypsy in On Hope train monkeys to do?
(a) Hunt for food.
(b) Steal for him.
(c) Dance and smoke.
(d) Play the piano.

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

14. In what voice and tense is Welcoming the Board of Directors written?
(a) First-person present.
(b) Second-person past.
(c) Third-person present.
(d) Third-person past.

15. Who wrote The Grass-Eaters?
(a) Krishnan Varma.
(b) David Brooks.
(c) Kenneth Bernard.
(d) Richard Brautigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of On Hope?

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

3. The author of August 25, 1983 hails from where?

4. Who is the author of Love, Your Only Mother?

5. From what country is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?

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