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

2. Where is the author of Orion from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) England.

3. Who wrote Bigfoot Stole My Wife?
(a) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Ron Carlson.
(d) Denis Hirson.

4. Who eats a goat in the story Orion?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Orion.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemis.

5. Where is the father originally from in Las Papas?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Peru.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Black Dog?

2. What lessons does the overweight woman of Disappearing take in order to get away from her boorish and insulting husband?

3. Who is the author of Orion?

4. Who runs the opera troupe in Di Grasso?

5. Who is the author of By the Creek?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What physical ailment does the central character in Terminal suffer from?

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

7. Who are the characters in Emilie Plead Choose One Egg? What takes place in the story?

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

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

10. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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