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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what type of organization does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler belong?
(a) One in which he could be killed at any moment.
(b) A large and powerful one.
(c) One that is weaker than the police.
(d) The police force.

2. About what does the reader talk to the woman he meets ?
(a) The bookstore.
(b) The bookseller.
(c) Music.
(d) Books.

3. Where does Zwilda stay?
(a) Motel Casa de Flores.
(b) Hotel of the Barren Flower.
(c) Inn of the Bland Sea.
(d) Hotel of the Sea Lily.

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

5. What is the name of Ludmilla's sister?
(a) Lubila.
(b) Zwilda.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Uzzi-Tuzzii.

6. According to the bookseller, who wrote "Outside the Town of Malbork"?
(a) Tazio Bazakbal.
(b) Bailo Hognan.
(c) Cordezno Blazok.
(d) Maza Kinsor.

7. How does the author refer to the woman the reader talks to?
(a) The other reader.
(b) The girl.
(c) The female reader.
(d) The book lover.

8. In "Outside the Town of Malbork," for whom is the main character working?
(a) Mr. Shinderson.
(b) Mr. Carsondera.
(c) Mr. Kauderer.
(d) Mr. Hallford.

9. What is similar to the reader's book and the book Uzzi-Tuzzii translates?
(a) Author.
(b) Location.
(c) Proper names.
(d) Plot.

10. Who enjoys reading books without underlying meanings?
(a) Ludmilla.
(b) The reader.
(c) Lotaria.
(d) Irnerio.

11. According to Marana, what is the only thing that dictates which novels survive?
(a) Language.
(b) Author.
(c) Title.
(d) Time.

12. What does the reader exchange with the woman?
(a) Course schedules.
(b) Phone numbers.
(c) Addresses.
(d) Books.

13. Which character in "Without Fear of Wind or Vertigo" is described as ungrateful and terse?
(a) Alex.
(b) Irina.
(c) Valerian.
(d) Eric.

14. What is on the photo that is in a character's pocket?
(a) An old woman.
(b) An old man.
(c) A handsome man.
(d) A pretty girl.

15. Who walks the reader to Uzzi-Tuzii's office?
(a) Zwilda.
(b) Ludmilla.
(c) Ludmilla's friend.
(d) Lotaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a man in "Outside the Town of Malbork," against whom is this group fighting?

2. Who enjoys reading books that will always exist?

3. Who made love to the man before he was killed in "Looks Down in the Gathering Shadow"?

4. Where does the man in If On a Winter's Night a Traveler leave his suit case overnight?

5. Who wrote "Leaning from the Steep Slope"?

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