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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's daughter in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Bernadette.
(c) Sibylle.
(d) Jolene.

2. Which word best describes the setting in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Military.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Tranquil.
(d) Full of lessons.

3. How many pages has the reader read when the book starts over?
(a) 30.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

4. What is Uzzi-Tuzii's profession?
(a) Chef.
(b) Bookstore owner.
(c) Writer.
(d) Professor.

5. Where does the main character of "Leaning from the Steep Slope" walk every day?
(a) Along a hiking trail.
(b) Along the harbor.
(c) Around a pond.
(d) Along the lake.

6. From what perspective is most of the novel written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

7. Who is the root of the problem with the books?
(a) Umberto Marana.
(b) Henry Marana.
(c) Chavez Marana.
(d) Ermes Marana.

8. With whom does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler talk?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) Ms. Tukish.
(c) Madame Marne.
(d) Mademoiselle Stephens.

9. Why did the narrator in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow" kill the man?
(a) Over money.
(b) Over a legal issue.
(c) Over a woman.
(d) Over drugs.

10. What separates Ludmilla's friend from Ludmilla?
(a) He does not go to school.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He does not like the reader.
(d) He does not read.

11. Whose study group is discussing "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo"?
(a) Ludmilla's.
(b) Lotaria's.
(c) Uzzi-Tuzii's.
(d) Irnerio's.

12. What is the food described at the beginning of "Outside the Town of Malbork"?
(a) Schoeblintsjia.
(b) Cordenblise.
(c) Blatjiziana.
(d) Achozoneja.

13. Why is "Leaning from the Steep Slope" unfinished?
(a) The author committed suicide.
(b) The author was censored.
(c) The book's publisher dropped the author.
(d) The author no longer enjoyed writing.

14. What is considered the language of the dead?
(a) English.
(b) Cimbric.
(c) Italian.
(d) Cimmerian.

15. In "Outside the Town of Malbork," where does the main character's spend his final morning?
(a) Korseniwa.
(b) Kurbinsa.
(c) Klyne.
(d) Kudgiwa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the publishing house question Marana's competency?

2. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?

3. How does the author refer to the woman the reader talks to?

4. What did Marana claim to be, according to the publishing house?

5. What is most likely inside the suitcase the man carries around?

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