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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. Where did the narrator's uncle go and find a bride in Family Album?
(a) Wales.
(b) America.
(c) India.
(d) Russia.

2. What is the setting of Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Botswana.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) South Africa.

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

4. Who is the author of Arrest Me?
(a) Talat Abasi.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Denis Hirson.
(d) Nadine Gordimer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is the author of Courtly Vision?

2. The author of By the Creek is listed as being from the United States and where?

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

4. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?

5. Who is the author of The Fifth Story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What central theme do Disappearing, A Lover's Ear, and Facing the Light all share? How are their characters similar?

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

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

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

5. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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 physical ailment does the central character in Terminal suffer from?

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

9. How does the story The Model reflect the theme of aging?

10. How do Artemis and Orion meet in Orion? What is the outcome for the title character?

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