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

2. What do the children convince their father to let them borrow in The Verb To Kill?
(a) His head.
(b) A knife.
(c) A rifle.
(d) His clothes.

3. What does the protagonist of A Lover's Ear always carry with her?
(a) A tooth pick.
(b) An ear pick.
(c) An earring.
(d) A coin.

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

5. What country is the author of Di Grasso from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Czechoslavakia.
(c) Soviet Union.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?

3. What story of the collection did Paule Barton write?

4. Where is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Martins from?

5. Who is the author of Las Papas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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

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

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

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

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