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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 author of The Explosion in the Parlor is from where?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Peru.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

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

3. Who is the author of the story Tancredi?
(a) Barbara Alberti.
(b) Julio Otega.
(c) Clarice Linspector.
(d) Daniel Boulanger.

4. What does the patriarch of the house of Mokgobja do in order to bring rain in Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Burns his crops.
(b) Burns down his estate.
(c) Sacrifices his son.
(d) Sacrifices his daughters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What deformation does Tancredi suffer from in the story bearing his name?

2. Who eats a goat in the story Orion?

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

4. The author of The Book hails from where?

5. Who is the author of The Shoe Breaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in Katya? Who are the characters and what actions do they take in the narrative?

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

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

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

5. What is the theme of Lost Keys? Who is the central character?

6. What do the characters in Looking for the Rain God decide to do in order to bring rain?

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

8. How do the stories Emilie Plead Choose One Egg and The Grass-Eaters relate to one another?

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

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

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