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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 Las Papas?
(a) Julio Otega.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Barbara Alberti.
(d) Clarice Linspector.

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

3. What is the name of Katya's lover in Katya?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Egorov.
(c) Dovlatov.
(d) Petr.

4. What story was written by the author Ann Beattie?
(a) The Black Dog.
(b) Snow.
(c) Las Papas.
(d) Tancredi.

5. Who is the author of Courtly Vision?
(a) J. Bernlef.
(b) Ron Carlson.
(c) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(d) Bharati Mukherjee.

6. From what country is the author of Courtly Vision?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) United States.
(d) India.

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

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

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

10. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?
(a) Denis Hirson.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Ron Carlson.
(d) Edna Van Steen.

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

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

13. Where is the author of Orion from?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Australia.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

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

15. Who, in addition to her lover, does Katya live with in Katya?
(a) Petr.
(b) Egorov.
(c) Dovlatov.
(d) Pavel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman in Terminal attempt suicide?

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

3. Where are the potatoes from in Las Papas?

4. Who asks her father to allow her to forsake company and go hunt in the wild in Orion?

5. What is the character name of the murdered city-dweller in Di Grasso?

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