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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 color dress does Paul's woman have?
(a) Green
(b) Red
(c) Purple
(d) Brown

2. What does Yeamon suggest that Paul get for himself?
(a) A push bike
(b) A motorbike
(c) A car
(d) A scooter

3. Where is Paul sent to on Tuesday?
(a) The casino
(b) The slaughterhouse
(c) The airport
(d) The library

4. What did Zimburger used to be?
(a) A drug dealer
(b) A Marine
(c) A secret agent
(d) A pimp

5. Who quits a few days after Yeamon is fired?
(a) The magazine editor
(b) The copywriter
(c) The city editor
(d) The copyeditor

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Paul and Yeamon fish for?

2. What kind of food did Al begin serving after several months?

3. Which of the following characters does Paul meet at Al's one morning?

4. What do Sala and Paul buy before they go to Yeamon's?

5. Who takes the seat Paul reserves for the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do neither Paul nor Sala like to stay in Sala's apartment?

2. What does Sala tell Paul at Al's?

3. What does Paul do in Yeaman's house in Chapter 3?

4. Summarize Chapter 3.

5. Why has Paul Kemp come to San Juan?

6. In what way do all the characters working on the newspaper give Paul a bad first impression of his new job and life in San Juan ?

7. What do Paul, Sala and the girls do on the beach?

8. What do Paul and Sala do at the casino?

9. Describe the internal problems at the newspaper.

10. Describe Al's bar.

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