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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Fifth Story?
(a) Julio Otega.
(b) Clarice Linspector.
(c) Barbara Alberti.
(d) Daniel Boulanger.

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

4. Where is the family in Family Album from?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Wales.
(c) Lapland.
(d) America.

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

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

7. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Peru.

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

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

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

11. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Cyprus.
(d) New York.

12. Orion is killed by what in the story with his name?
(a) Arrow.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Scorpion.
(d) Dagger.

13. Who is the author of the story Tancredi?
(a) Barbara Alberti.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Julio Otega.
(d) Clarice Linspector.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Orion?

2. Who is the author of Disappearing?

3. Who is the author of Looking for the Rain God?

4. What physical problem does the central character of Terminal suffer from?

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

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