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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks her father to allow her to forsake company and go hunt in the wild in Orion?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Helen.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

2. What physical problem does the central character of Terminal suffer from?
(a) Uterine.
(b) Gastrointestinal.
(c) Kidney.
(d) Heart.

3. What deformation does Tancredi suffer from in the story bearing his name?
(a) Two heads.
(b) Twelve toes.
(c) Four arms.
(d) Two stomachs.

4. What country is the author of Di Grasso from?
(a) Czechoslavakia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Soviet Union.

5. Who wrote Facing the Light?
(a) Nadine Gordimer
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Talat Abasi.
(d) Doris Lessing.

6. Who wrote The Book?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Rey Rosa.
(d) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.

7. What is the setting of Looking for the Rain God?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Indonesia.

8. Who is the author of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?
(a) Dovlatov.
(b) Nadine Gordimer.
(c) Peter Carey.
(d) Daniel Boulanger.

9. What is the character name of the murdered city-dweller in Di Grasso?
(a) Schwarz.
(b) Giovanni.
(c) Berlioz.
(d) James.

10. Where is the author of A Lover's Ear from?
(a) Israel.
(b) Japan.
(c) Taiwan.
(d) South Korea.

11. What is the name of the protagonist in The Model?
(a) Ephraim Elihu.
(b) Ephraim Alexander.
(c) Alexander Elihu.
(d) J. Bernlef.

12. What dish is the father preparing in Las Papas?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Veal Piccata.
(c) Chicken Cacciatore.
(d) Chicken Parmesan.

13. Who is the cobbler awaiting in his shop in the beginning of The Shoe Breaker?
(a) A Duke.
(b) A Baron.
(c) A King.
(d) A Prince.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of the story Tancredi?

3. Who wrote There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella?

4. Who is the author of Arrest Me?

5. The author of Family Album hails from where?

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