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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is most likely the traitor that Fergus Kilpatrick sentences to death?
(a) Fergus Kilpatrick.
(b) The narrator.
(c) James Alexander Nolan.
(d) Ryan.

2. Why does Scharlach lead Erik Lonnrot to the location of the fourth murder?
(a) To kill him for arresting his brother.
(b) The fourth victim is his brother.
(c) Out of guilt.
(d) To turn in his deranged brother.

3. Which character dies at the end of "The End"?
(a) The stranger.
(b) The store owner.
(c) The black man.
(d) The store owner's son.

4. Who is the narrator visiting when he meets Ireneo Funes for the first time?
(a) His father.
(b) His cousin.
(c) A friend.
(d) His sister.

5. Why does Erik Lonnrot believe the rabbi was murdered?
(a) As part of a crime of passion.
(b) As part of a hate crime.
(c) He offended a group of religious people.
(d) As part of a botched robbery.

6. Who is Fergus Kilpatrick?
(a) An Irish rebel.
(b) A friend of Ryan.
(c) An Englishman.
(d) The great-grandson of James Alexander Nolan.

7. What happens to John Vincent Moon during the Irish rebellion?
(a) He hides in a truck.
(b) He freezes during a battle.
(c) He falls from the top of a building.
(d) He is shot in the leg.

8. Where does Fergus Kilpatrick die?
(a) In a barn.
(b) In the theater.
(c) In his bed.
(d) In England.

9. Where is the Englishman scarred?
(a) On his face.
(b) On his chest.
(c) On his back.
(d) On his hands.

10. What happens to Jaromir Hladik at the end of "The Secret Miracle"?
(a) He escapes, but dies of typhus a few weeks later.
(b) He vanishes with the wind.
(c) He is executed.
(d) He escapes.

11. What does Jaromir Hladik hear in a dream?
(a) He will have the time to finish his play.
(b) He will change the world.
(c) The wind blowing his name.
(d) He will live forever.

12. Why does the narrator visit Ireneo Funes before returning home?
(a) To say goodbye.
(b) To retrieve his books.
(c) To retrieve his scarf.
(d) To give him a coat.

13. What does Ireneo Funes ask to borrow from the narrator?
(a) A pen.
(b) A coat.
(c) Books.
(d) A scarf.

14. Why does Ireneo Funes feel that language is futile?
(a) It is too full of contradictions.
(b) People do not listen when others speak.
(c) No one knows how to converse anymore.
(d) There are not enough differing words to describe objects.

15. Who is John Vincent Moon?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Irishman.
(c) The Englishman.
(d) Ireneo Funes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jaromir Hladik's unfinished play?

2. Why is Jaromir Hladik scheduled to be executed?

3. How is John Vincent Moon wounded?

4. How does Nils Runeberg die?

5. In the story, "The End," who has the stranger killed previously?

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