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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of By the Creek?

2. What is the name of Katya's lover in Katya?

3. Who is the author of The Shoe Breaker?

4. What is the name of the teacher in The School?

5. Who is the author of The Last Days of a Famous Mime?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the story The Model reflect the theme of aging?

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

4. What central theme do Disappearing, A Lover's Ear, and Facing the Light all share? How are their characters similar?

5. What is the setting of Di Grasso? From whose perspective is the story told?

6. How do Di Grasso and The Street-Sweeping Show relate thematically?

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

8. What is the theme of Lost Keys? Who is the central character?

9. What physical ailment does the central character in Terminal suffer from?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of feminism in Disappearing, A Lover's Ear and By the Creek. What feminist traits do each of the protagonists reflect?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the settings and characters of The Grass-Eaters and Preparations. Where and when in Calcutta does The Grass-Eaters take place? How does the author effectively present the squalor of India?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the literary technique of imagery, metaphor, symbolism, and motif and identify each in Blackberries and Don't You Blame Anyone. How is the theme of the frailty of human interconnectedness reflected in these works?

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