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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 Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Bessie Head.
(b) Daniel Boulanger.
(c) Peter Carey.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

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

3. What does the young boy borrow from his father in By the Creek?
(a) His head.
(b) His suitcase.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His gun.

4. What is the name of the shoe breaker in The Shoe Breaker?
(a) Pinceloup.
(b) Bognavich.
(c) Dovlatov.
(d) Pincalore.

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

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

7. What do the children convince their father to let them borrow in The Verb To Kill?
(a) His head.
(b) A knife.
(c) A rifle.
(d) His clothes.

8. Who runs the opera troupe in Di Grasso?
(a) James.
(b) Schwarz.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Guliani.

9. Where is the father originally from in Las Papas?
(a) Peru.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Mexico.

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

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

12. Who is the author of Arrest Me?
(a) Talat Abasi.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Denis Hirson.
(d) Nadine Gordimer

13. What is the setting of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) India.

14. Who wrote Family Album?
(a) J. Bernlef.
(b) Siv Cedering.
(c) Fernando Sorrentino.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

15. What is Katya's lover's profession in Katya?
(a) British officer.
(b) Soviet officer.
(c) Baker.
(d) Senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Looking for the Rain God?

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

3. Where is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Martins from?

4. Who wrote The Street Sweeping Show?

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

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