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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 runs the opera troupe in Di Grasso?
(a) James.
(b) Guliani.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Schwarz.

2. What dish is the father preparing in Las Papas?
(a) Chicken Cacciatore.
(b) Veal Piccata.
(c) Chicken Parmesan.
(d) Roast beef.

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

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

5. Who wrote The Book?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(d) Rey Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Looking for the Rain God?

2. What is Di Grasso's profession in the story with the same name?

3. Who is the author of A Lover's Ear?

4. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?

5. What is the setting of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the elderly couple in Mr. and Mrs. Martins prepare for death?

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

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

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

5. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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

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

8. Who is the shoe breaker in The Shoe Breaker? What happens in this story?

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

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

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