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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. The old woman in Weather in San Francisco orders how much meat at the butcher's?
(a) 1 ton.
(b) 1 pound.
(c) 10 pounds.
(d) 2 pounds.

2. Who is the author of Blackberries?
(a) Leslie Norris.
(b) Spencer Holst.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Stuart Dybek.

3. Who is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics?
(a) Jamaica Kincaid.
(b) Mark Helprin.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) Josef Skvorecky.

4. From where is the author of The Blue Jar?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Wales.
(d) Greenland.

5. Who is the author of House Opposite?
(a) Yasunari Kawabata.
(b) Mark Helprin.
(c) R.K. Narayan
(d) Josef Skvorecky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of August 25, 1983?

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

3. What inspires people to strip their houses of walls and roofs in Blue?

4. When was the author of Weather in San Francisco born?

5. Who is the author of The Elephant?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Richard Brautigan make use of imagery and dramatic twist in The Weather in San Francisco?

3. How is the narrative structured in the story Happy Endings? What are the first scenarios like?

4. What takes place in the story Homage to Isaac Babel? Who are the main characters?

5. How does On Hope end? Where is the gypsy in the end of the narrative?

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

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

8. Who is the central character in The Grass-Eaters? What is his objective?

9. What event has taken place in the beginning of Death of the Right Fielder? What actions do the characters take?

10. Who is the central character in House Opposite? What decision does he make in the narrative?

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