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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the waitress that serves Nick at the pub?
(a) She looks like his mother.
(b) She sounds like Marjorie.
(c) She is deaf.
(d) She is pregnant.

2. What is Luz's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Actor.
(d) Nurse.

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

4. What does Dr. Wilcox carry with him while treating patients?
(a) A stethoscope.
(b) A defibulator.
(c) A dictionary.
(d) A medical guide.

5. Where is the young couple sitting in "A Sea Change"?
(a) A house.
(b) A park bench.
(c) A train station.
(d) A bar.

6. What are two prostitutes arguing about in "Light of the World"?
(a) Their skills.
(b) A celebrity.
(c) A client.
(d) A boxer.

7. What does Manuel Garcia dream of being?
(a) A bullfighter.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An actor.
(d) A soldier.

8. Where does Nick meet Luz?
(a) In the marketplace.
(b) At a theater.
(c) On a train.
(d) In a hospital.

9. What is the writer's main job in "Banal Story"?
(a) Printsetting.
(b) Cover stories.
(c) Advertisement.
(d) Editing.

10. Who does the American woman say makes the best husbands?
(a) British men.
(b) American men.
(c) German men.
(d) French men.

11. Where does Jim make love to Liz?
(a) In an alley.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In a warehouse.
(d) At his house.

12. Who are Al and Max looking for?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Bill.
(c) Nick.
(d) George.

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

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

15. What is the occupation of the man who dies in "Banal Story"?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Politician.
(d) Bullfighter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the favored cafy in "In Another Country"?

3. What is unique about the man that the two waiters are serving in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

4. What disfigures the peasant's wife's face?

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

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