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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country is the author of The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) United States.

2. Where does Blackberries take place?
(a) Wales.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) New Zealand.

3. What is the name of the central male character in Happy Endings?
(a) Peter.
(b) Andrew.
(c) John.
(d) Paul.

4. How old is the student in The Boy?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

5. The author of Homage to Isaac Babel is listed as being from England and where?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Girl?

2. Who moves across from the ascetic in House Opposite?

3. As Marta falls in The Falling Girl, the people get gradually more and more what as she nears the ground?

4. Where is the author of Iguana Hunting from?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the characters in At the River? What are they catching for food in the story?

2. What stories in the beginning of the collection focus on the theme of aging? How do these stories relate to one another?

3. Describe the scene that is the central subject in Preparations? What does the author consider?

4. How does the gypsy try getting rid of the stolen item in On Hope? How is he thwarted in his attempts?

5. How does On Hope end? Where is the gypsy in the end of the narrative?

6. What do the boy and his father go to do after getting his new cap in Blackberries? What does this lead to?

7. What takes place in the story Homage to Isaac Babel? Who are the main characters?

8. What is the objective of the protagonist in The Laugher? When is he the happiest?

9. What is the girl given in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket? Why is she excited?

10. What is the setting of The Falling Girl? Who is the central character and what action does she take in the beginning of the story?

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