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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. What dish is the father preparing in Las Papas?
(a) Veal Piccata.
(b) Chicken Parmesan.
(c) Roast beef.
(d) Chicken Cacciatore.

2. Who wrote the story Mr. and Mrs. Martins?
(a) Doris Lessing.
(b) Edna Van Steen.
(c) Denis Hirson.
(d) Ron Carlson.

3. What is the setting of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?
(a) Australia.
(b) Canada.
(c) India.
(d) England.

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

5. What holiday begins The Black Dog?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Halloween.
(c) April Fool's.
(d) Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the potatoes from in Las Papas?

2. Who is the author of By the Creek?

3. What is Katya's lover's profession in Katya?

4. From which country does the story The Verb To Kill come?

5. Where is the family in Family Album from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What memory is related in the story Snow?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the structure and imagery in the stories Snow and The Explosion in the Parlor. How do these narratives relate thematically to the whole of the collection?

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

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

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