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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Verb To Kill ?
(a) Denis Hirson.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Jeannette Winterson.
(d) Luisa Valenzuela.

2. Who is the author of Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Peter Carey.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Bessie Head.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

3. Who is the author of Disappearing?
(a) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(b) Edla van Steen.
(c) Monica Wood.
(d) Doris Lessing.

4. What holiday begins The Black Dog?
(a) April Fool's.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's.

5. Who wrote Family Album?
(a) Siv Cedering.
(b) Nadine Gordimer.
(c) Fernando Sorrentino.
(d) J. Bernlef.

6. Who is the author of Di Grasso?
(a) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(b) J. Bernlef.
(c) Isaac Babel.
(d) Ron Carlson.

7. What does the protagonist of A Lover's Ear always carry with her?
(a) A coin.
(b) A tooth pick.
(c) An earring.
(d) An ear pick.

8. Where is the father originally from in Las Papas?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Peru.
(d) Mexico.

9. Who wrote The Black Dog?
(a) Julio Otega.
(b) Clarice Linspector.
(c) Daniel Boulanger.
(d) J. Bernlef.

10. Who wrote The Street Sweeping Show?
(a) J. Bernlef.
(b) Feng Jicai.
(c) Ron Carlson.
(d) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.

11. The protagonist in Arrest Me wants to go to prison to do what?
(a) Escape.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Read the Bible.
(d) Find his father.

12. Where did the narrator's uncle go and find a bride in Family Album?
(a) Russia.
(b) India.
(c) America.
(d) Wales.

13. Who wrote the story Katya?
(a) Peter Carey.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) Dovlatov.

14. The author of The Book hails from where?
(a) United States.
(b) South Africa.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Guatemala.

15. What story of the collection did Paule Barton write?
(a) Emilie Plead Choose One Egg.
(b) There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella.
(c) The Last Days of a Famous Mime.
(d) Terminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?

2. Who runs the opera troupe in Di Grasso?

3. Who is the author of A Lover's Ear?

4. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?

5. What is the name of Katya's lover in Katya?

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