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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Geryon recall doing a science project in “Mitwelt”?
(a) 7th grade.
(b) 3rd grade.
(c) 5th grade.
(d) 1st grade.

2. What day of the week is described in the opening of “Roof”?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

3. Where are Geryon and Herakles in the beginning of “Fast Forward”?
(a) The Cafe Alton.
(b) The Cafe Antwerp.
(c) The Cafe Renoir.
(d) The Cafe Mitwelt.

4. What does Geryon ask of his mother in the end of “Tunnel”?
(a) To allow him to visit Herakles.
(b) Not to divorce his father.
(c) To be kind to his sister.
(d) Not to smoke too much.

5. What does Geryon recall his brother doing after he's come home from a dance in “Tango”?
(a) Having a fight with their father.
(b) Making a stack of sandwiches.
(c) Stealing the family car.
(d) Kicking the family dog.

6. What does the narrator describe dusting "them" in the first sentence of “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
(a) Water.
(b) Lava.
(c) Salt.
(d) Flour.

7. What word refers to South American cowboys in “Aeroplane”?
(a) Incubi.
(b) Matadors.
(c) Gauchos.
(d) Burros.

8. What does Geryon have in his lap as he falls asleep in “Aeroplane”?
(a) A bouquet of flowers.
(b) His guidebook.
(c) A small dog.
(d) His autobiography.

9. Herakles tells Geryon he should go see the collection of what that are housed by Ancash's mother in “Roof”?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Burros.

10. Lazer claims in “Distances” that the life story of all people involves them doing what?
(a) Walking on a beach.
(b) Clmbing a mountain.
(c) Swimming in the ocean.
(d) Walking in a forest.

11. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?
(a) A pair of grazing burros.
(b) A guinea pig on a plate.
(c) A snake in the river.
(d) A man's naked back.

12. What does Lazer say children inspire when he talks to Geryon?
(a) They inspire people to warfare.
(b) They inspire education.
(c) They inspire people to see distances.
(d) They inspire good will toward womankind.

13. What does Geryon think that people are in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
(a) "Movers and shakers."
(b) "Less than terrible."
(c) "A horrific species."
(d) "Amazing beings."

14. Geryon realizes in the end of “Photographs: Origin of Time” that he is desperate for what?
(a) To return to his brother.
(b) To return home.
(c) To love someone.
(d) To call his mother.

15. What are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?
(a) Animals.
(b) Ordinary people.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Volcanoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Geryon in “Tunnel”?

2. What do Herakles and Geryon bicker about when returning to Herakles' home in “Memory Burn”?

3. What does Ancash see that prompts him to tell Geryon about the legend in “Eyewitnesses”?

4. What is noted about the fruit bowl in “Fruit Bowl”?

5. How is the hotel described where Geryon and his companions are staying in “Huaraz”?

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