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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 The Explosion in the Parlor?
(a) Julio Otega.
(b) Feng Jicai.
(c) Bernard Malamud.
(d) Bai Xiao-yi.
2. What story of the collection did Paule Barton write?
(a) There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella.
(b) Terminal.
(c) Emilie Plead Choose One Egg.
(d) The Last Days of a Famous Mime.
3. Who is the author of The Verb To Kill ?
(a) Luisa Valenzuela.
(b) Jeannette Winterson.
(c) Yuan Ch'iung-Ch'iung.
(d) Denis Hirson.
4. Who wrote There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella?
(a) J. Bernlef.
(b) Fernando Sorrentino.
(c) Paule Barton.
(d) Nadine Gordimer.
5. What do the children convince their father to let them borrow in The Verb To Kill?
(a) His head.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A knife.
(d) His clothes.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author of The Explosion in the Parlor is from where?
2. Who is the author of the story Tancredi?
3. Who wrote The Black Dog?
4. What deformation does Tancredi suffer from in the story bearing his name?
5. What is the character name of the murdered city-dweller in Di Grasso?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the structure and imagery in the stories Snow and The Explosion in the Parlor. How do these narratives relate thematically to the whole of the collection?
2. What physical ailment does the central character in Terminal suffer from?
3. What is the back-story established in Orion? Who are the main characters?
4. How do Artemis and Orion meet in Orion? What is the outcome for the title character?
5. What do the characters in Looking for the Rain God decide to do in order to bring rain?
6. What memory is related in the story Snow?
7. What is implied in the story The Verb To Kill? What do the central characters do in the narrative?
8. How do the elderly couple in Mr. and Mrs. Martins prepare for death?
9. What is the theme of Lost Keys? Who is the central character?
10. What activity is the father of Las Papas doing in the narrative? What does he teach his son?
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