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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. What does the American soldier in Italy just survive?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) A duel.
(c) Being stabbed.
(d) A bombing.

2. Who does Harold live with when he returns home from the war?
(a) His wife.
(b) His parents.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His brother.

3. What are the Roman soldiers talking about in "Today is Friday"?
(a) Crucifixion.
(b) War.
(c) Jews.
(d) Wine.

4. Who has recently died in "Banal Story"?
(a) Pedro Fernandez.
(b) Hugo Ramirez.
(c) Manuel Garcia.
(d) Juan Hernandez.

5. Who is in power while Guy is traveling through Italy?
(a) Mussolini.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Patton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dick hired to do for Dr. Adams?

2. What does the bartender compliment the young man on in "A Sea Change"?

3. Where does William Campbell work previously?

4. What occupation does Peduzzi hold?

5. What kind of people stay at the Luarca hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paco from "The Capital of the World" die?

2. How do Bill and Nick feel about Nick's ended relationship with Marjorie?

3. Why does Jack get a hotel room for the night of his last boxing match?

4. What does the girl tell the boy in "The Sea Change", and how does he respond?

5. What is given precedence over the man who dies in "Banal Story"?

6. Who does the American soldier talk with during the night, and what is said?

7. What is the story behind the burial that the two men witness while skiing?

8. What are the officers in "In Another Country" doing in Milan?

9. What do the waiters in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" talk about after the old deaf man leaves?

10. What does the narrator in "After the Storm" regret when he gets out of prison?

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