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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 By the Creek?
(a) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(b) Barry Yourgrau.
(c) Doris Lessing.
(d) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.

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

3. Where is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Martins from?
(a) England.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Canada.
(d) Argentina.

4. The author of Family Album hails from where?
(a) Canada.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) England.
(d) Sweden.

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

6. Who is the author of The Shoe Breaker?
(a) Dovlatov.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) Peter Carey.

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

8. Where is the author of There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella from?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Holland.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

9. Where is the author of Disappearing from?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Canada.
(d) United States.

10. What story of the collection did Paule Barton write?
(a) Terminal.
(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) Emilie Plead Choose One Egg.

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

12. What is Di Grasso's profession in the story with the same name?
(a) Mime.
(b) Pianist.
(c) Director.
(d) Actor.

13. What is the name of the teacher in The School?
(a) Paul.
(b) Mark.
(c) James.
(d) Edgar.

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

15. Who is the author of Orion?
(a) Denis Hirson.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Jeanette Winterson.
(d) Talat Abasi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?

2. What does the protagonist of A Lover's Ear always carry with her?

3. Who wrote Family Album?

4. Who wrote The Book?

5. Where is the author of Orion from?

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