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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 wrote The Black Dog?
(a) Clarice Linspector.
(b) J. Bernlef.
(c) Julio Otega.
(d) Daniel Boulanger.

2. Who is the author of the story Terminal?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Margaret Atwood.
(c) J. Bernlef.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

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

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

5. What does the patriarch of the house of Mokgobja do in order to bring rain in Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Sacrifices his son.
(b) Sacrifices his daughters.
(c) Burns his crops.
(d) Burns down his estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breaks in The Explosion in the Parlor?

2. Who wrote Bigfoot Stole My Wife?

3. The author of By the Creek is listed as being from the United States and where?

4. Who wrote The Book?

5. Who is the author of The Fifth Story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the central female character in Facing the Light send her servant away? What realization does she face?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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