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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 Jimmy's father stay up late doing in "The Porter"?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Talking to a woman.
(c) Talking.
(d) Reading.

2. Who is Enrique waiting for in "Nobody Ever Dies"?
(a) Juanita.
(b) Maria.
(c) Gabrielle.
(d) Carla.

3. What does the farmer have the bull do when he gets older?
(a) Breed.
(b) Fight.
(c) Lead.
(d) Be butchered.

4. What does the bull love to do?
(a) Fight.
(b) Think.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sleep.

5. What does the man in "Get a Seeing Eye Dog" not want his wife to have to do?
(a) Live alone.
(b) Cry over his disability.
(c) Serve him in his blindness.
(d) Stay with him out of obligation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Edwin's friend, John from?

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

3. What does the narrator ask the matador to do?

4. What is Blindy's nickname before he becomes blind?

5. Where are Wesley and Harry trying to get to at the end of "The Tradesman's Return"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edwin do when he suspects that Luis is a Fascist?

2. What do the Fontans make in secret, and why is it so secret?

3. What is the woman writing to the medical column about in "One Reader Writes"?

4. What does Al ask Edwin the night before he heads off to battle?

5. What happens when Harry and Wesley meet Captain Willie?

6. How does Maria act when she is captured in "Nobody Ever Dies"?

7. What happens to the three men who Harry refuses to take to the U.S. one day?

8. What does Nick think about while he is driving with his son?

9. What does the matador do when he receives notices about his mother's grave fee?

10. What does the good lion do when he is mocked for his strange eating habits?

(see the answer keys)

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