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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. Where does Mr. Wheeler live?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Spain.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Portugal.

2. What does the Porter use to show Jimmy a trick?
(a) A glass bottle.
(b) A string.
(c) A knife.
(d) A razor.

3. What does Nick do for the Italian soldiers?
(a) Build morale.
(b) Talks to the wounded.
(c) Delivers messages.
(d) Buries the dead.

4. Why does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" ask his wife to do something?
(a) He does not love her.
(b) She knows she loves someone else.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He is dying.

5. What does Mr. Frazer spend most of his free time doing?
(a) Listening to the radio.
(b) Reading literature.
(c) Taking long walks.
(d) Studying for school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who is shot in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

2. What is the name of David's father's guide?

3. Where does the prisoner escape in "The Train Trip"?

4. What is Stevie's last name?

5. Why is Nick discharged from the army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nick good at doing with women?

2. How does Mr. Wheeler keep contact with his son, and how do Stevie's doctor's feel about his progress in the mental institution?

3. What does the job that the narrator holds entail in "Black Ass at the Cross Roads"?

4. How does the narrator of "A Natural History of the Dead" wish to present his information about death?

5. What happens when Mr. Harris is eating at a train station restaurant?

6. What happens to the man spraying cologne in "The Butterfly and the Tank"?

7. What does Jimmy do while his father is still sleeping in "The Porter"?

8. What secret does Helena tell Robert after she drinks absinthe?

9. What happens to the faithful bull when he is set out to breed?

10. What does Nick do for the Italian army after he has been discharged?

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