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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella?
(a) Paule Barton.
(b) Fernando Sorrentino.
(c) J. Bernlef.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.

3. Who is the author of Courtly Vision?
(a) Bharati Mukherjee.
(b) Ron Carlson.
(c) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(d) J. Bernlef.

4. Who is the author of The Fifth Story?
(a) Clarice Linspector.
(b) Julio Otega.
(c) Barbara Alberti.
(d) Daniel Boulanger.

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

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

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

8. The author of By the Creek is listed as being from the United States and where?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) France.

9. Who wrote Family Album?
(a) J. Bernlef.
(b) Siv Cedering.
(c) Nadine Gordimer.
(d) Fernando Sorrentino.

10. Who runs the opera troupe in Di Grasso?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Schwarz.
(c) James.
(d) Guliani.

11. Who is the author of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?
(a) Nadine Gordimer.
(b) Peter Carey.
(c) Dovlatov.
(d) Daniel Boulanger.

12. Who is the author of The Explosion in the Parlor?
(a) Feng Jicai.
(b) Bai Xiao-yi.
(c) Julio Otega.
(d) Bernard Malamud.

13. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Honolulu.
(c) Odessa.
(d) New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Di Grasso?

2. What does the young boy borrow from his father in By the Creek?

3. What is the name of the protagonist in The Model?

4. What is the character name of the murdered city-dweller in Di Grasso?

5. What physical problem does the central character of Terminal suffer from?

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