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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. Who is the author of By the Creek?
(a) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(b) Hernan Lara Zavala.
(c) Doris Lessing.
(d) Barry Yourgrau.

2. What is Katya's lover's profession in Katya?
(a) Senator.
(b) Soviet officer.
(c) Baker.
(d) British officer.

3. Where is the family in Family Album from?
(a) Lapland.
(b) Wales.
(c) America.
(d) Amsterdam.

4. Where is the author of Orion from?
(a) England.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Canada.

5. What does the protagonist of A Lover's Ear always carry with her?
(a) A coin.
(b) An ear pick.
(c) A tooth pick.
(d) An earring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Facing the Light?

2. What is the setting of Looking for the Rain God?

3. Di Grasso is beloved by the people of where?

4. Who wrote The Book?

5. Who is the author of Looking for the Rain God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the protagonist in A Lover's Ear keep with her at all times? What takes place in the climax of the narrative?

2. What does the central character in Arrest Me have as his objective? Why?

3. Why does the central female character in Facing the Light send her servant away? What realization does she face?

4. How do Artemis and Orion meet in Orion? What is the outcome for the title character?

5. What is the back-story established in Orion? Who are the main characters?

6. How do the elderly couple in Mr. and Mrs. Martins prepare for death?

7. What do the characters in Looking for the Rain God decide to do in order to bring rain?

8. What is implied in the story The Verb To Kill? What do the central characters do in the narrative?

9. What activity is the father of Las Papas doing in the narrative? What does he teach his son?

10. Who is the shoe breaker in The Shoe Breaker? What happens in this story?

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