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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Death of the Right Fielder?
(a) Julio Cortázar.
(b) Leslie Norris.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Stuart Dybek.

2. From where is the author of House Opposite?
(a) India.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) United States.
(d) Germany.

3. Where is the university student in La Volpaia departing by train?
(a) England.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. Who is the author of Love, Your Only Mother?
(a) Josef Skvorecky.
(b) Mark Helprin.
(c) Yasunari Kawabata.
(d) David Michael Kaplan.

5. Who is the central character in La Volpaia?
(a) Guiliano.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paulo.
(d) Julio.

6. Who is the author of The Elephant?
(a) Mark Halplin.
(b) Jorge Luis Borges.
(c) Slawomir Mrozek.
(d) Heinrich Boll.

7. Who is the author of Preparations?
(a) Kenneth Bernard.
(b) David Brooks.
(c) Richard Brautigan.
(d) Krishnan Varma.

8. Where is the university student in La Volpaia heading to by train?
(a) France.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

9. Where is the author of An Insolvable Problem of Genetics from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Czechoslavakia.

10. The author of The Elephant comes from where?
(a) Czechoslavakia.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

11. Who wrote At the River?
(a) Patricia Grace.
(b) Joyce Carol Oates.
(c) Kenneth Bernard.
(d) Isak Dinesan.

12. What does the zoo director in The Elephant decide to get as a cheaper alternative to a live elephant?
(a) A wooden elephant.
(b) An ocelot.
(c) An inflatable elephant.
(d) A robotic elephant.

13. The characters in Homage to Isaac Babel see a melodramatic movie about what?
(a) Bollywood.
(b) World War II.
(c) The apocolypse.
(d) Capital punishment.

14. When was the author of Weather in San Francisco born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1949.

15. The author of The Grass-Eaters hails from where?
(a) Canada.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) India.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the teacher go with the student in The Boy?

2. What is the name of the dentist in One of These Days?

3. Who is the author of The Boy?

4. Who is the author of Iguana Hunting?

5. Where is the author of The Falling Girl from?

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