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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) Barry Yourgrau.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(d) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
2. What does the patriarch of the house of Mokgobja do in order to bring rain in Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Burns his crops.
(b) Sacrifices his daughters.
(c) Burns down his estate.
(d) Sacrifices his son.
3. What is Di Grasso's profession in the story with the same name?
(a) Director.
(b) Mime.
(c) Actor.
(d) Pianist.
4. Who is the author of The Fifth Story?
(a) Clarice Linspector.
(b) Barbara Alberti.
(c) Daniel Boulanger.
(d) Julio Otega.
5. Who wrote There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) J. Bernlef.
(c) Fernando Sorrentino.
(d) Paule Barton.
6. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?
(a) Peru.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Mexico.
7. Who is the author of The Verb To Kill ?
(a) Jeannette Winterson.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Luisa Valenzuela.
(d) Denis Hirson.
8. What is the name of Katya's lover in Katya?
(a) Dovlatov.
(b) Petr.
(c) Egorov.
(d) Pavel.
9. What story of the collection did Paule Barton write?
(a) The Last Days of a Famous Mime.
(b) Terminal.
(c) There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella.
(d) Emilie Plead Choose One Egg.
10. Orion is killed by what in the story with his name?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Dagger.
(c) Scorpion.
(d) Arrow.
11. Where are the potatoes from in Las Papas?
(a) America.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Peru.
(d) Argentina.
12. The protagonist in Arrest Me wants to go to prison to do what?
(a) Find his father.
(b) Escape.
(c) Read the Bible.
(d) Kill himself.
13. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?
(a) Ron Carlson.
(b) Edna Van Steen.
(c) Doris Lessing.
(d) Denis Hirson.
14. What physical problem does the central character of Terminal suffer from?
(a) Kidney.
(b) Uterine.
(c) Gastrointestinal.
(d) Heart.
15. What holiday begins The Black Dog?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year's.
(d) April Fool's.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the author of There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella from?
2. Who is the author of Courtly Vision?
3. What is Katya's lover's profession in Katya?
4. Who, in addition to her lover, does Katya live with in Katya?
5. Who wrote The Black Dog?
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