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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose son died in Welcoming the Board of Directors?
(a) The porter's.
(b) The shopkeeper's.
(c) The president's.
(d) The governor's.

3. Who is the author of Weather in San Francisco?
(a) Richard Brautigan.
(b) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Hernán Lara Zavala.

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

5. The older Maori tribesman died while doing what in At the River?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Smoking a pipe.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Making his bed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the older Borges doing in the hotel room in August 25, 1983?
(a) Writing a novel.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Spying on his wife.
(d) Killing his wife.

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

14. What does the zoo director in The Elephant decide to get as a cheaper alternative to a live elephant?
(a) An ocelot.
(b) A robotic elephant.
(c) A wooden elephant.
(d) An inflatable elephant.

15. Who is the author of The Laugher?
(a) David Michael Kaplan.
(b) Josef Skvorecky.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Heinrich Boll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the central character in La Volpaia?

2. From what country does the story Gregory come?

3. Where does the teacher go with the student in The Boy?

4. What kind of meat does the old woman order in Weather in San Francisco?

5. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?

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