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

2. Where is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Martins from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Argentina.
(d) England.

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

4. Who is Artemis' father in Orion?
(a) Dionysis.
(b) Pharos.
(c) Orion.
(d) Zeus.

5. Who is the cobbler awaiting in his shop in the beginning of The Shoe Breaker?
(a) A King.
(b) A Prince.
(c) A Duke.
(d) A Baron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Explosion in the Parlor?

2. How does the woman in Terminal attempt suicide?

3. Where did the narrator's uncle go and find a bride in Family Album?

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

5. The protagonist in Arrest Me wants to go to prison to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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