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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Disappearing?
(a) Edla van Steen.
(b) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(c) Doris Lessing.
(d) Monica Wood.

2. Who is the author of Orion?
(a) Jeanette Winterson.
(b) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(c) Talat Abasi.
(d) Denis Hirson.

3. Who is the author of A Lover's Ear?
(a) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(b) Monica Wood.
(c) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(d) Doris Lessing.

4. Who, in addition to her lover, does Katya live with in Katya?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Petr.
(c) Dovlatov.
(d) Egorov.

5. From what country is the author of Courtly Vision?
(a) England.
(b) India.
(c) United States.
(d) Ireland.

6. What is the setting of Looking for the Rain God?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Botswana.

7. Where did the narrator's uncle go and find a bride in Family Album?
(a) Wales.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) India.

8. What is the name of the teacher in The School?
(a) Paul.
(b) James.
(c) Mark.
(d) Edgar.

9. What dish is the father preparing in Las Papas?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Chicken Cacciatore.
(c) Veal Piccata.
(d) Chicken Parmesan.

10. What is the name of the shoe breaker in The Shoe Breaker?
(a) Pinceloup.
(b) Bognavich.
(c) Pincalore.
(d) Dovlatov.

11. What holiday begins The Black Dog?
(a) April Fool's.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's.

12. Where is the author of Mr. and Mrs. Martins from?
(a) England.
(b) Canada.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Argentina.

13. Who asks her father to allow her to forsake company and go hunt in the wild in Orion?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Helen.

14. What deformation does Tancredi suffer from in the story bearing his name?
(a) Two heads.
(b) Twelve toes.
(c) Two stomachs.
(d) Four arms.

15. The protagonist in Arrest Me wants to go to prison to do what?
(a) Find his father.
(b) Escape.
(c) Read the Bible.
(d) Kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orion is killed by what in the story with his name?

2. Who eats a goat in the story Orion?

3. Who runs the opera troupe in Di Grasso?

4. Who is the author of Arrest Me?

5. Who is the cobbler awaiting in his shop in the beginning of The Shoe Breaker?

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