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

2. Where is the author of There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Holland.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Canada.

3. What physical problem does the central character of Terminal suffer from?
(a) Kidney.
(b) Uterine.
(c) Gastrointestinal.
(d) Heart.

4. The author of The Book hails from where?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) United States.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Guatemala.

5. Where are the potatoes from in Las Papas?
(a) Peru.
(b) Mexico.
(c) America.
(d) Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella?

2. Where is the father originally from in Las Papas?

3. What country is the author of Di Grasso from?

4. Who is the author of The Shoe Breaker?

5. Who eats a goat in the story Orion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the back-story established in Orion? Who are the main characters?

2. What do Tancredi's two heads do once he grows up in Tancredi?

3. What does the central character in Arrest Me have as his objective? Why?

4. What is the setting of Di Grasso? From whose perspective is the story told?

5. What activity is the father of Las Papas doing in the narrative? What does he teach his son?

6. Who is the central character in There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head? What happens to him?

7. What memory is related in the story Snow?

8. How does the central theme and structure of Looking for the Rain God relate to other stories in the collection?

9. What is implied in the story The Verb To Kill? What do the central characters do in the narrative?

10. What does the protagonist in A Lover's Ear keep with her at all times? What takes place in the climax of the narrative?

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