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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of One of These Days?
(a) Krishnan Varma.
(b) Jorge Luis Borges.
(c) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
(d) Joyce Carol Oates.

2. What does Freddie explain her biological father is in An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Austrian.
(b) Latino.
(c) French.
(d) Black.

3. Where is the author of Iguana Hunting from?
(a) United States.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Spain.
(d) Argentina.

4. The author of Homage to Isaac Babel is listed as being from England and where?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) Argentina.

5. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Young.
(d) Old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Grass-Eaters?

2. Where does the daughter of the lord die in The Blue Jar?

3. What does the older Maori tribesman tell the younger men they would be better off fishing with in At the River?

4. Who is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?

5. Where is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the characters in At the River? What are they catching for food in the story?

2. What stories in the beginning of the collection focus on the theme of aging? How do these stories relate to one another?

3. Who is the central character in On Hope? What does his monkey bring to him?

4. Discuss and describe the imagery in the story Blackberries. How does this imagery support the narrative's themes?

5. What is the taboo subject central in the story The Boy? How does the narrative play out?

6. Who is the central character in La Volpaia? Who joins him on his journey?

7. What is the setting of Blue? What is troubling the citizens in the narrative?

8. How is the story On Hope different thematically and structurally from other narratives of the collection?

9. What is the objective of the protagonist in The Laugher? When is he the happiest?

10. Who is the central character in Don't You Blame Anyone and what is his central action in the narrative?

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