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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important question does a major have for an orderly?
(a) If he remembers the plan of battle.
(b) If he is in love with a girl.
(c) If he has found the mole.
(d) If he knows the rules of the convention.

2. What is Campbell doing when Frank leaves him after finding him?
(a) Dying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

3. How does the General's wife die in "In Another Country"?
(a) War wounds.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Hypothermia.
(d) Depression.

4. Where is the peasant's wife stored after she dies?
(a) A shallow grave.
(b) A woodshed.
(c) An ice box.
(d) A bedroom.

5. What does Peduzzi take an American couple out to do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Sight-see.
(c) Escape.
(d) Fish.

6. What is the American soldier in Italy afraid of?
(a) Never seeing his wife again.
(b) Never waking up.
(c) Losing his leg.
(d) Sleeping in the dark.

7. What happens to the animals who cannot board the ship in Smyrna?
(a) They are slaughtered.
(b) They are branded and sold.
(c) They are injured and drowned.
(d) They are scattered.

8. How many Roman soldiers are talked about in "Today is Friday"?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

9. Who brings the wife the cat that is in the rain?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A butler.
(c) The maid.
(d) A homeless man.

10. What occupation does Zurito have?
(a) Talent Agent.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Picador.
(d) Surgeon.

11. What is the name of the horse that kills Joey's father?
(a) Gilly.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Gilford.
(d) Gillsome.

12. Where does 'Cat in the Rain' take place?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

13. Who kills Francis Macomber?
(a) His safari guide.
(b) His wife.
(c) A train engineer.
(d) A German soldier.

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

15. Where are the group of military men living in "A Simple Inquiry"?
(a) A tent.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A barrack.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Tom and his friend at the beginning of "Light of the World"?

2. Where is the young couple sitting when they talk about an unnamed activity?

3. Where are the two prostitutes arguing in "Light of the World"?

4. What does the girl tell the boy in "A Sea Change"?

5. Who is an American woman taking a bird to?

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