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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who wrote Bigfoot Stole My Wife?
(a) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(b) Denis Hirson.
(c) Ron Carlson.
(d) Doris Lessing.

6. Who is the author of Las Papas?
(a) Daniel Boulanger.
(b) Julio Otega.
(c) Clarice Linspector.
(d) Barbara Alberti.

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

8. Who wrote There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella?
(a) J. Bernlef.
(b) Nadine Gordimer.
(c) Paule Barton.
(d) Fernando Sorrentino.

9. Where is the author of A Lover's Ear from?
(a) Taiwan.
(b) South Korea.
(c) Japan.
(d) Israel.

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

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

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

13. Who eats a goat in the story Orion?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Orion.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

14. The author of By the Creek is listed as being from the United States and where?
(a) Portugal.
(b) France.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) South Africa.

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

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 is the author of Orion?

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

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

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