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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 is the author of Disappearing?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(c) Monica Wood.
(d) Edla van Steen.

2. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Peru.

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

4. Who is the author of The Verb To Kill ?
(a) Luisa Valenzuela.
(b) Jeannette Winterson.
(c) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(d) Denis Hirson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?

2. Who wrote Family Album?

3. Who is the author of Orion?

4. Who is the author of The Fifth Story?

5. Who is Artemis' father in Orion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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