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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Desiderio find dead in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Albertina.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) LaFleur.
(d) The Count.

2. How old is the girl offered in marriage to Desiderio in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

3. Where does Desiderio go to hide in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) A bathroom.
(b) A cave.
(c) A basement.
(d) A treehouse.

4. How does Desiderio escape in the end of Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The chimney.
(c) The bathroom window.
(d) The back door.

5. What does the man who had rescued Desiderio ask him to teach him in Chapter 3, The River People?
(a) French.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) English.
(d) How to fish.

6. The Professor tells Desiderio in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire that the peep show objects were created by whom?
(a) Mendoza.
(b) Himself.
(c) Albertina.
(d) Dr. Hoffman.

7. Who does the Professor say was kicked out of school in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?
(a) Dr. Hoffman.
(b) Mendoza.
(c) The Minister.
(d) Albertina.

8. Of what heritage is Desiderio?
(a) European.
(b) Asian.
(c) Samoan.
(d) Indian.

9. At what university did Angela Brown teach in Rhode Island?
(a) Pepperdine University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Brown University.
(d) Princeton University.

10. Who is playing the piano when Desiderio arrives at the Mayor's Mansion in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) The Mayor's wife.
(d) The Mayor.

11. Desiderio's Minister saved a man by doing what in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Walking on water.
(b) Bombing a village.
(c) Shooting a man.
(d) Stopping a train.

12. Desiderio's Minister did not have enough what to be affected by the things Dr. Hoffman's machine created?
(a) Hormones.
(b) Energy.
(c) Bile.
(d) Imagination.

13. When was Angela Carter born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1929.

14. What short story of Angela Carter's was adapted to a 1984 film?
(a) Several Peceptions.
(b) Company of Wolves.
(c) Shadow Dance.
(d) The Magic Toyshop.

15. What did the group of scientists do in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege?
(a) Transformed into animals.
(b) Committed suicide.
(c) All got married.
(d) Fled the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raised Desiderio?

2. What were many of the Indians' customers aware of, which they used against them?

3. What does Desiderio do which earns him the title of hero among the River People?

4. Where are the acrobats from in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

5. What do the acrobats give Desiderio to drink in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

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