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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the author of The Boy from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Germany.
(c) United States.
(d) England.

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

4. Who is the author of Preparations?
(a) Kenneth Bernard.
(b) Richard Brautigan.
(c) Krishnan Varma.
(d) David Brooks.

5. From what country is the author of Happy Endings?
(a) United States.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Canada.
(d) France.

6. The story On Hope comes from what country?
(a) Canada.
(b) United States.
(c) Israel.
(d) Argentina.

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

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

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

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

11. What is Gregory skilled at in the story with his name?
(a) Computers.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Sailing.

12. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?
(a) Old.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Young.
(d) Beautiful.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The girl falling 30 meters above Marta in The Falling Girl is wearing what?

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

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

4. The old woman in Weather in San Francisco orders how much meat at the butcher's?

5. What is the name of the central female character in Happy Endings?

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